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beauty. The next day was Sunday, and a lovelier day 

 never dawned. The peculiar Sunday quiet pervaded the 

 very atmosphere, and we sat on the rocks reading, writ- 

 ing and musing all day, enjoying such a season of rest as 

 one seldom experiences. 



Two days more passed, and we were safe at home, 

 after an absence of only ten days, and about two hun- 

 dred miles' driving, but with delightful recollections, 

 which cannot be forgotten in a lifetime. This trial trip 

 was so successful that when another summer came it was 

 taken for granted by our friends that we should try 

 again, and we started, equipped as before with map, but 

 no plan — only an inclination to face north. Following 

 this inclination took us through many thrifty towns and 

 villages, and gave us delightful drives over hills and 

 through valleys, until we found ourselves spending a 

 night with the Shakers on the top of a high hill in Can- 

 terbury, N. H. The brothers and sisters were unsparing 

 in their attentions, though strict in certain requirements. 

 We left them next morning, with a generous Shaker 

 lunch in our basket, and turned our horse toward Alton 

 Bay. As Brother George and Sister Philena assured us, 

 it was the longest, roughest and loneliest ten miles' drive 

 we had ever taken. The round trip on Lake Winnipi- 

 seogee the following day was a delightful contrast. 



We now began to study our map, for we had not even 

 a vague idea where next. We started at last, not anx- 

 ious, but aimless ; and after wandering several days in 

 obedience to the will of the hour, landed on Wells 

 Beach ; we passed Sunday on York Beach ; then drove on 

 to Portsmouth, where we left our horse for a day to visit 



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