Tarry at home travels . ohn Ledyard floated down here from Dres-den College, as he would have called DartmouthCollege. That was the beginning of the Nile andCongo for him. And for a little relief he stretched himself outin the boat, with one paddle in the water, keepingher head to the south if the river flowed south,and east when it flowed east, and west when itflowed west. There were places where he couldrun in under the shade, but not many such placesnow. There were one or two long reaches wherehe had to paddle if he meant to keep up a goodaverage days work. Sometimes at nightfall hepadlocke
Tarry at home travels . ohn Ledyard floated down here from Dres-den College, as he would have called DartmouthCollege. That was the beginning of the Nile andCongo for him. And for a little relief he stretched himself outin the boat, with one paddle in the water, keepingher head to the south if the river flowed south,and east when it flowed east, and west when itflowed west. There were places where he couldrun in under the shade, but not many such placesnow. There were one or two long reaches wherehe had to paddle if he meant to keep up a goodaverage days work. Sometimes at nightfall hepadlocked the canoe to a convenient post andwalked up into the town. He did this at Spring-field, and at Hartford. But five times out ofsix he found some trees, where he could rollhimself in a blanket and let the sun and morning 290 TARRY AT HOME TRAVELS birds waken him. At New York the day boatpeople were glad to take him and the WaterWitch on board, and as the passengers came downhe met the Birdsells and the Havilands and the. TiiK Caiitul at a photograph copyrighted by G. P. Hall & Son, N. Y., 1899. Schuylers and a dozen other of the pleasantestpeople of the world, and they were early enoughto pick out good front chairs on the upper deck,and so a veiy happy day was provided for. NEW YORK 201 At Albany he went up to see what was left ofdear Hunts picture of Anahita; he uncovered hishead reverently before the noble statue of RobertBums; he wondered how that man in the public
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