. Eight journeys abroad. d to all the rooms,altho his grandchildren had just come for the summer. Then we went to one of the bays. The grand rocky coastis wonderfully fine and the country roads so picturesque withhigh hedges. We had a good nights rest which we sadly neededand took the steamer to Sark yesterday for the day. I havent time to describe the wonderful feats of walkingand climbing into caves, the terrible chasms, the idealloveliness of Sark and the primitiveness and loneliness. Iwould like to go there sometime to stay. We had to get upvery early to take the same Southampton boat and
. Eight journeys abroad. d to all the rooms,altho his grandchildren had just come for the summer. Then we went to one of the bays. The grand rocky coastis wonderfully fine and the country roads so picturesque withhigh hedges. We had a good nights rest which we sadly neededand took the steamer to Sark yesterday for the day. I havent time to describe the wonderful feats of walkingand climbing into caves, the terrible chasms, the idealloveliness of Sark and the primitiveness and loneliness. Iwould like to go there sometime to stay. We had to get upvery early to take the same Southampton boat and arrived 199 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD here at eight oclock, took a coach at eleven and have beendriving until five this P. M. To-morrow morning we go on to St. Malo and will have not yet heard of the arrival of our Queenstown lettersbut hope to get a large mail to-morrow at St. Malo. TheseIslands are crowded with travellers and boats also. I expectedto find them much less populated. Love to all,Yours aflP., M. D. FRANCE Dinard, July i6, Papa: We are staying at the Hotel de Casino at Dinard. I getalong well in my French and can understand all that is saidto me and make everyone understand me, St. Malo is anugly little walled town where the tide rises and falls eighteenfeet and in the early spring, forty feet. I received a letterfrom Dr. Messel returning the photo of you I had sent enclose the note. It was the amateur picture taken atIsland Heights. Most of the people in the hotel are English and hotel is right on the water front of a fine beach and theCasino faces us. Mother left her keys in the custom housewhen our baggage was examined and I had to go all the wayback to St. Malo for them. I jabbered French, however, andgot them all back. Mother is down at the Casino taking awarm bath. They have the funniest banks over here I eversaw. Everyone was away for dinner when we arrived, andwe had to go and hunt them up. I saw a peasant woman makin
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