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houses, where the attendance is miserable, and the table 

 by no means good. We are, however, settled. 



" We have walked about the town ; but every one of 

 us has sore feet in consequence of walking on hard 

 ground, after having roamed for two months on the soft, 

 deep mosses of Labrador. The card of an Italian was 

 sent to our rooms, telling us that he had fine baths of all 

 sorts, and we went off to his rooms and found only one 

 tin tub, and a hole underground, into which the sea-water 

 filters, about the size of a hogshead. I plunged into this 

 hole with Ingalls and Shattuck, then rubbed ourselves 

 dry with curious towels, and paid six cents each for the 

 accommodation. We then walked to the garrison, listen- 

 ed to the riiusic, returned to the hotel^ and have written 

 this, and now send in my card to the aide-de-camp of the 

 Governor of Newfoundland, who resides in this house. 



" August 25. To-day I walked to the wharves, and v/as 

 surprised to find them every one gated and locked, and 

 sentinels standing guard everywhere. In the afternoon 

 there was a military funeral ; it was a grand sight, the 

 soldiers walked far apart, guns inverted, to the sound of 

 the finest anthem, and wonderfully well executed by an 

 excellent bandyV 



" There are no signs of style here ; only two ordinary 

 barouches came to church to-day (the Episcopal), where 

 the bishop said the prayers and preached. All the 

 churches receive a certain number of soldiers dressed in 

 uniform. The natives of the province are called 'Blue 

 Noses,' and to-morrow we intend to see all we can of 

 them. 



"August 26. To-day I delivered letters which I 

 brought to Bishop Inglis and the Chief Justice, but did 

 not find them at home. To-morrow we hope to leave 

 here for Windsor, distant forty-five miles. 



"August 27. At nine o'clock we entered the coach, or 



