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necessary : we hurriedly appealed to the pro- 

 prietor of the cabin for hot water, and were 

 supplied with a boiling jugful on the spot. 

 The Summit Hotel does not go in for style, 

 but it understands the mystery of boiling water, 

 which is a thing too deep for many of its 

 betters. 



I have often had cause to curse the day on 

 which it was revealed to Miss O'Plannigan, by 

 a palmist, that she was subject to medical inspi- 

 rations ; but even the power of speech was denied 

 to me for some minutes after I had tasted the 

 mixture of Bovril, whisky, and hot water, com- 

 pounded by my companion under the influence 

 of her latest inspiration. Our fellow-tourist, after 

 a period of aghast observation, attacked his note- 

 book with an ardour that convinces us that the 

 recipe will be made glorious by his pen in the 

 columns of the ' Brixton Chanticleer.' Then he 

 drew forth a pipe and tobacco-pouch, and looked 

 first at the mists which were pressing against 

 the little port-hole of a window behind his head. 



