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and my Scotch young lady friend, who was all in a glow about 

 the " beautiful Khine," as, of course, a young lady ought to be, 

 suggested that the pronunciation might be " Hiningue," which 

 proved a shrewd guess, as immediately on hearing it we were 

 addressed in tolerable but very broken English by a quiet- 

 looking coachman, who said, " Come with me ; I have study 

 the English grammaire ; I know where you want to go, and 



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will take you." Although I could not help wondering that a 

 celebrated place, as we all thought Huningue ought to be, was 

 not better known, I felt pretty sure our coachman knew it ; 

 and having persuaded my Scotch friend and his young lady to 

 take a drive, we at once started for the ctablisscment de pisci- 

 culture, where we were all of us most hospitably received 

 by the superintendent, who at once conducted us over the 

 whole place with great civility and attention. 



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