Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . setwith c 1 e a ncloths andwhite dishes. Ah! this isParadise after Purgatory, Maud exclaimed, pointing to the longwindows reaching to the floor with their charming view^s of the riverharbor and shipping. The Hotel boasted a French cook and the billof f ue was not remarkable for oddities. Maud found the fried bananas delicious. Victoria ordering ^ueijoFhiinctigo with the idea that it was some preparati
Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . setwith c 1 e a ncloths andwhite dishes. Ah! this isParadise after Purgatory, Maud exclaimed, pointing to the longwindows reaching to the floor with their charming view^s of the riverharbor and shipping. The Hotel boasted a French cook and the billof f ue was not remarkable for oddities. Maud found the fried bananas delicious. Victoria ordering ^ueijoFhiinctigo with the idea that it was some preparation of flamingo,was somewhat chagrined at receiving some Holland cheese. TheDoctor told of the experience of Lieut. Gibbon, who was asked if hewas fond (^V^ ivawas^^ the pet name for baby, and mistaking the word{ox iruavas^ replied that they were much better when preserved than. ASCENDINT. THE PAKA RIVKR. FARA. 39 when eaten raw. A burst of laughter greeted his assertion, and hewas asked if he had ever eaten one. Hundreds, he replied, andI will take one now with the greatest of pleasure. Mrs. Holmes was seen to examine her bill of fare with somethinglike consternation. What is it my dear ? asked her husband. We certainly ought not to stop at such an expensive place, shereplied, they charge one thousand live hundred reis for breakfast I But a thousand reis is only hfty cents, explained the Prolessor,and seventy-hve cents is not an exorbitant sum. Alter breakfast the Doctor invited the ladies to a drive in an openbarouche — the Professor hnding himself too much occupied to ac-company them. The light was so dazzling that they lifted their sun-shades, but the temperature was delightful. They drove along theRua dos Mercadores or principal business street. Mule-cars ranthrough the centre and there was more of bustling activity than Maudhad expected to tind in a t
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