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quarter to seven, instead of eight or nine as we were told 

 in Bath. There was no time to be lost, and we hardly 

 did justice to the very delicate fish supper, in our haste 

 to skip down the rocky path to the beach, where we must 

 have walked two or three miles back and forth, not 

 returning until it was quite dark. 



We were to breakfast at six instead of eight as usual 

 when we are driving, so retired early. The hotel is on a 

 very high bluff, a "corner lot," where the Kennebec 

 meets the ocean, and we had a corner room. At three 

 o'clock our eyes opened as if by magic, and rested on the 

 most beautiful sky imaginable, stretching out over the 

 ocean, and reflected in the lovely Kennebec. We marked 

 the spot where the sun was soon to rise, and resolved to 

 see him, but the provoking fellow popped up when our 

 eyes had closed for a bit. 



The morning sail was as fine as the evening. How we 

 would like to row as well as that sun-browned girl, who 

 signalled the boat with her handkerchief, and, with her 

 three companions, was pulled aboard as they came along- 

 side, the boat being towed to the next landing. We were 

 tempted to go to Augusta, it was so delightful, but Jerry 

 was waiting for us. 



Our next point was Boothbay Harbor. We could have 

 reached there in an hour and a half by boat from Bath, 

 but Jerry could not be transported. This was no 

 disappointment, however, as we are always glad to 

 resume our driving. We were assured of a long, hard 

 twenty-five miles, but if we were to "do" the coast, 

 Boothbay must not be passed by. Letters came that 

 morning, and soon we were ofif, fortified with oats and 



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