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to offer the traveler a refreshing change. These pleasant 

 scenes continue all the way to Hamburg. We passed 

 Friedrichsruh, Reinbeck, Bergedorf and reached our des- 

 tination at three-fifty p. m. 



Hamburg and the Hamburg People. 



To take a much needed rest I went to the hotel "City 

 of Kiel," near the station; but changed quarters the next 

 morning, and am presently located in the "New City of 

 Berlin" on the Monkedamm, near the great "Merchant's 

 Exchange." Hugo arrived Friday morning from Berlin 

 and since then we have been rooming together. We get 

 along quite well and have laid our plans so as to make 

 our stay as inexpensive as possible, for there are in mi 

 merable channels by which our little money can be spent. 

 For breakfast and supper we bought bread, butter, cheese 

 and sausage. I may say, wholesale, so as to save the high 

 charges in local restaurants; for our daily noon meal, 

 which is the only square, warm meal of the day, we have 

 discovered a plain but very respectable inn, where we 

 are well served for eight Hamburg shillings (about twen- 

 ty cents). Once in a while, when we feel particularly 

 hilarious, we buy a bottle of wine, which costs but six or 

 eight shillings, and very good for the money. 



Though I am exceedingly disappointed to have to 

 waste a whole month doing absolutely nothing, it cannot 

 be helped and the best thing one can do is to follow the 

 advice of a great modern philosopher: "Under all cir- 

 cumstances keep an even mind."* 



The time between the twentieth and thirtieth may be 

 legally charged to the local shipping agents, Knohr and 

 Burchard; for it is stipulated in the legal provision, re- 

 ferred to, that a sum of twelve shillings a day be paid 

 during the time of delay, where date of departure has 



*Young Lecouvreur seems to have taken this motto through 

 life as his magic staff, leaning upon which, he overcame difficul- 

 ties which to others appeared insuperable. — Transl. 



