Henry Adams 



order of his unexpectedness. We 

 were accustomed only to the unusual 

 from him. For my own part, I would 

 always have joined him, whether in 

 an asylum or out of it, rather than 

 any one else, and to that effect I 

 must have written him. He was de- 

 layed longer than he expected in 

 New York, but we joined company 

 at Tampa at last, and reached Ha- 

 vana together before the first of 

 February. 



He had fitted himself out for a 

 small geological exploration of the 

 Windward Islands, but we soon found 

 that the Windward Islands main- 

 tained a rigid quarantine against 

 the Spanish islands, and so we had 

 to give up the Caribbees. We could 

 not stay long in Havana which was 

 perfectly familiar ground. After a 

 few days there, not caring much 

 where we went, we crossed to Bata- 

 bano, and took the coasting-steamer 

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