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  During the trip to Schevenigen on July 25th I walked too far
and thereby brought on an attack of my old hip trouble which
proved so severe and persistent that I was obliged to take to
crutches shortly afterwards. Moreover I became ill in other 
ways and finding it impossible to get about sailed for home
on August 7th, the interim being spent as follows.
  The Hague, Holland.
  1897.
  July 26-30.
  Confined to the hotel most of the time taking, however,
another ride out to Schevenigen on the top of a tram car and
visiting the picture gallery on the 29th.
  Amsterdam, Holland.
  July 30-Aug. 3.
  On the afternoon of the 30th we went by rail to Amsterdam
but my experience at that city was confined to what I saw in
driving from and to the station and from the windows of my
room at the Brack's Doelan Hotel to which I was confined dur-
ing our entire stay.
  Dordrecht, Holland.
  Aug. 3-5.
  On the afternoon of August 3rd we returned by rail, via
the Hague to Dordrecht where we went to the Hotel Bellevue.
The next morning I was rowed through the canals in a small
boat taking a few photographs and in the afternoon we made a
trip in one of the excursion steamers to a point some twenty
miles up the Rhine.