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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, 



Jap. 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 E. W. CHUKCH. 



Cambkibge, 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 Hooker 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 thoroiighly. 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 fancy for hurry- 

 skurry journeying. We should like to do it all over, 

 and more. But especially we should like to see Cali- 



