. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. The Saone,near Ray nothing on him but a light blue blouse and trousers, he cameto the Boussemroum and offered his services in the kitchen,lying full-length on a plank, and peering over into the that Franki could shell the peas without assistance,the lad turned head over heels as a convenient way of removinghimself, and then began gyrating like a wheel on the canalbank. The next thing he did was to hop along the veryedge of the lock, one of the deepest locks I ever beheld,which looks a frightful g
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. The Saone,near Ray nothing on him but a light blue blouse and trousers, he cameto the Boussemroum and offered his services in the kitchen,lying full-length on a plank, and peering over into the that Franki could shell the peas without assistance,the lad turned head over heels as a convenient way of removinghimself, and then began gyrating like a wheel on the canalbank. The next thing he did was to hop along the veryedge of the lock, one of the deepest locks I ever beheld,which looks a frightful gulf when it is empty, and then he i oS* The Saone. crossed the narrow plank on the lock gate. I took a greatinterest in this boy on account of his extraordinary liveliness,and inquired if he had learnt to swim. No, he had neverbeen taught. This made me speak seriously to his Lock on the Rav Canal. ? Here you have a boy, I said, who is hopping about andturning somersaults on the side of a canal with a deep lock,and you neglect to teach him to swim. Can you swim your-self? Yes, sir, I swim very well, the father answered,unwilling to sacrifice his own aquatic reputation. Before I A Slimmer Voyage. 109 left, he promised positively that he would teach the ladthis There is an extensive pasture of short lawn-like grass thatoccupies the plain before the village, and would be a finecricket-ground if the French appreciated that game. It wouldalso be a delightful exercise ground for galloping are several of these fine plains on the banks of theSaone, some of them wonderfully extensive, as we shall see, 3^^fc^C5?^vi^^ .!•?? .-??•.J-**?\i : iSfef/ W
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