Henry Adams 



College moves in here and displaces 

 these open, frank lunatics with Seth 

 Low and his faculty of incurables, so 

 I better go now. 



" What do you say to taking the 

 island trip with me ? . . . I have 

 read up a little on the Caribbees, and 

 if any trust can be put in human 

 testimony they must be splendid for 

 scenery and absorbing for geology. 

 A light opera-bouffe effect is evi- 

 dently given by the extremely char- 

 acteristic darkeys with their chatter 

 and bandannas, with something seri- 

 ous and orchestral in the way of 

 gumbo and pepper-pot. Rum is the 

 agent of erosion, from all accounts. 

 Antigua makes a celebrated dish of 

 turtle, and grows the finest pine- 

 apples in the solar system. 



" You need have no fear of my suf- 

 fering a recurrence of disability, and 

 even if I do, you could cut my ac- 

 quaintance and leave me to Alex- 

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