. Outing. ON MEDITERRANEAN SHORES 179 get inside. You could stow that harborof Genoa anywhere along the New YorkCity water front, shipping and all, andthen you would need to employ a tug-boat captain to find it for you. It ishard to understand how Genoa obtainedher maritime importance in the old days.(I have just referred to the guidebook. It says: The magnificent harbor I had faith in my German since mypractice on the stewards, and I wentinto the place hopefully. What Iwanted to ask was Where is Cooks? the first question that every tourist wantsto ask when he finds himself lost andcold and hu
. Outing. ON MEDITERRANEAN SHORES 179 get inside. You could stow that harborof Genoa anywhere along the New YorkCity water front, shipping and all, andthen you would need to employ a tug-boat captain to find it for you. It ishard to understand how Genoa obtainedher maritime importance in the old days.(I have just referred to the guidebook. It says: The magnificent harbor I had faith in my German since mypractice on the stewards, and I wentinto the place hopefully. What Iwanted to ask was Where is Cooks? the first question that every tourist wantsto ask when he finds himself lost andcold and hungry in a strange land. Butbeing lost and cold and hungry con-fused me, I suppose, and I got mixed. THE TEACHER SAT CROSSLEGGED ON A RAISED DAIS. of Genoa was the cause of the medievalprosperity of the city, and adds, that itis about two miles in diameter. Verywell; I take it all back. I was merelyjudging from observation. Its got meinto trouble before.) We were only to touch at Genoa;some more of our passengers were toleave us, and we were to take on theEuropean contingent there. It was notexpected that there would be much sight-seeing, especially on such a day, but someof us went ashore nevertheless. Laura,aged fourteen, and I were among thosewho went. We set out alone, were cap-tured immediately by a guide, repelledhim, and temporarily escaped. It wasa mistake, however; we discovered soonthat a guide would have been better onthis bitter, buffeting day. We had no idea where to go, andwhen we spoke to people about it, theyreplied in some dialect of MulberryStreet that ought not to be permittedat large. Laura tried her French onthem presently, but with no visible ef-fect, though it
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