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elders show interest by answering their many ques- 

 tions, and listening to their little trivial stories, 

 which, if you understand their way, they will relate 

 so very seriously. 



On going out to-night the weather looked threaten- 

 ing, and promised a speedy change of some sort, and 

 not for the better. 



Every one was up in good time for the sea bath, 

 and we set off, although met in the face by a cold 

 wind and drizzling rain moreover, having to face 

 the decidedly chilly operation of dressing on a bare 

 rock, and be fanned by an ungentle north-easter; 

 but after the smart return walk nobody felt hurt, 

 only hungry. 



After breakfast the rain had cleared off, and as it 

 now blew a gale, Leslie, Ward, and I went away 

 for a walk by the coast to have a view of the sea in 

 its wrath ; and brief time it takes to vex the Atlantic, 

 and bring the giant waves thundering on the rocky 

 shore it is truly grand ! 



