. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. d,purple, yellow, and white pop-pies. It was an exquisitelybeautiful sight, — nothing butbright color. The steamer we took wasemployed simply for the ex-portation of Normandy butter,potatoes, and other farm prod-uce. It comes to Englandloaded, and goes back obtained passage for 10 francs,and what I saved by travel onthe water I intended to make upby a longer trip by land. We were much tossed aboutby the tides of the EnglishChannel, but arrived safely atCherbourg, and went by railimmediately to Bayeux, adreamy, ecclesiast
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. d,purple, yellow, and white pop-pies. It was an exquisitelybeautiful sight, — nothing butbright color. The steamer we took wasemployed simply for the ex-portation of Normandy butter,potatoes, and other farm prod-uce. It comes to Englandloaded, and goes back obtained passage for 10 francs,and what I saved by travel onthe water I intended to make upby a longer trip by land. We were much tossed aboutby the tides of the EnglishChannel, but arrived safely atCherbourg, and went by railimmediately to Bayeux, adreamy, ecclesiastical city thatthe battles of the past seemto have left in strange spoke at the beginning of my fac-simile of the bayeux tapestry. letter of the activity and thrift of Lower Normandy, but Bayeux is the stillestcity I ever saw. Here, in the Public Library, we saw the famous Bayeux Tapestry, which isdisplayed under a glass case; is two hundred and fourteen feet long and con-tains over fifteen hundred figures. The canvas is embroidered in woollen thread. ? •. (A, VACATIONS /.v HISTORICLANDS. the work of Matilda and her maids. I make a copy From .1sample picture t the exact size of the thread may read on this fabric the history >>t thflman Conquesl of England. It is the most novelk of history I ever saw. The farming districts f Normandy seem indeed like Arcadia: farmersmean business here, and thrive by thrift. Their sons .uu\ daughters, I am tolddo not run off to the city. I have never seen a people whose habits I like sqwell. ir regards to all. Ge< »ri .1 1 [\\ e, P. S We are on our way to Pari-, riding through a country of >> 1 flowers, on a produce train. ? I think Master Lewis, that G tid Leander are, aftei all, making a very delightful tour; they certainly are getting bettejviews immon, practical life abroad than we are. I am glad that they had the independence to make the journey in this way. ? I low much do you think their whol
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