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have been punished as well as scolded, and that the 
cost of the rubbers has been stopped out of my allow- 
ance. 
So no more at present from your disobedient, 
J 
AP. PUFF. 
Dr. Gray’s last dog was a beautiful spaniel, and 
had the same devoted love for him. He was very 
courteous and polite, and gentle and affectionate. He 
needed a great deal of outdoor exercise, and was so 
disconsolate and miserable at his master’s illness, that 
he was sent to kind friends, where he still keeps a 
warm and loving greeting for his old mistress. 
TO R. W. CHURCH. 
CAMBRIDGE, December 26, 1877. 
Did I dispatch a line to you on or about October 
1st, — one which would have crossed your last to me? 
If I did not, it shows how a continual and fixed in- 
tention works a sense of performance. 
I took with me, on our travels, your letter of June 
20, expecting to write you from the Rocky Moun- 
tains or some far-away Pacific region. But never 
were such busy people as Hickes: and I the whole 
time. In fact, I was bound to make Hooker see just 
as much as possible within our limited time, and it 
seemed on the whole best for us to see very much in 
glimpses and snatches rather than far less more lei- 
surely and thoroughly. He will have told you of our 
over nine thousand miles of travel together, and of 
how he liked it. I think Mrs. Gray and I enjoyed it 
most, and that we have a particular faney for hurry- 
skurry journeying. We should like to do it all over, 
and more. But especially we should like to see Cali- 
