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"HYDE PARK, 

 Tuesday, igtk May. 



Here we are, on the banks of the Hudson River 

 which is glorious, wooded cliffs and rolling forests 

 on each side. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt met us 

 at the station and drove us up here ; so very 

 kind, and such a dear little house, with a verandah 

 all round it. The birds, tell Victor, are most extra- 

 ordinary; it is just like getting into a new planet; 

 all are absolutely different, and you can recognise the 

 group they belong to, such as, say, flycatcher, starling, 

 thrushes, etc., simply by their actions, which are ridi- 

 culously like their colleagues' in the Old World. We 

 saw one enormous gray squirrel in Central Park, 

 New York, on Sunday, driving there. I had a most 

 satisfactory interview with Cook's man, and have our 

 tickets for the entire trip, which is 10,000 miles, and 

 they only cost ^115. I was quite astonished. To- 

 morrow we go on to Boston by the 6.47 A.M. train. It 

 is very hot, nearly 70 degrees. I must stop now as 

 Roosevelt wants to take us down the river. One can 

 hardly believe all the Indians and game are gone for 

 ever from these glorious woods." 



" SOMERSET CLUB, BOSTON, 

 T.'ind May. 



Arrived in this academical-looking old town, very 

 happy, and enjoying ourselves immensely. Nothing 

 could possibly exceed the kindness of Morse. We left 

 the Roosevelts' at 6 A.M. yesterday, a lovely day, and right 

 sorry we were to go. If it had been possible I would 

 have stayed three or four days. They drove us all 

 about the whole day we were there ; and it is lovely, so 

 green and peaceful-looking down on the Hudson River, 

 and the woods full of birds some crimson, some blue, 



