thinks this due to its remarkable
whiteness. We also noticed that the surface
was strangely crinkled like wavy glass, this
over the rapids. I have never seen water like
it in America. 
  A Thrush was singing in this garden &
I saw a [male] Black-cap Warbler in raspberry 
bushes. There were peaches & apricots trained
against the walls, many old-fashioned
flowers and much shrubbery. Everything
grew freely & naturally.
  To evensong service at 4 P.M. Music
wonderfully beautiful & the interior of
the Cathedral very impressive in the afternoon 
light. After service walked around behind.
A few Jackdaws flying about.
  After dinner walked down the street to 
the river thence around the Park by a 
foot path along the river. A Thrush
singing & many Swifts flying about. The
streets crowded with people of the middle &
lower classes with many soldiers. Yet I did
not hear a single oath or any loud
disorderly talking. Evening very peaceful.
London
July 27. Cloudy with frequent showers.
  To London by 10.45 train arriving
about 1 P.M. On the way passed 
a pond of fully 20 acres, shallow with
reedy margin, the first real natural
pond of any size that we have seen in 
England. No birds of interest.
  On reaching London went to
the Victoria to lunch. Thence by
cab to R. C. Stanham's, 34 York St.
Portman Sq. W. Board about $15. per
week, excellent beds & table.
  It was late when we had our 
trunks unpacked and our things
settled and we did not go out
again save for a walk which
I took late (11 P.M.) up & down
the street for the purpose of
smoking a cigar. Smoking in
the house is only permitted for
one hour after dinner in the
reading room!