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expected, and partly on account of my son, who is studying prac- 

 tically the manufacture of Champagne in Europe, and has been 

 so engaged for the last year and a half, and whose apprenticeship 

 will be out in the spring. 



On our arrival we gave our attention to the drainage of lands. 

 Went to London, thence to Liverpool. There we embarked on 

 the English steamer Europa. After a stormy voyage of fifteen 

 days, arrived in Boston ; from thence to New York, and finally 

 arrived in California December 5th. 



