190 THE MOOES AND THE MOUNTAINS. 



boat-carriage is very heavy when we are all in it. I expect 

 that everything at Woodville and the Hill will be looking 

 beautiful when I come back. How thankful we ought to 

 be to God for our sweet, happy homes ! May God bless 

 my darling daughter, is ever the prayer of your affec- 

 tionate father." 



