. A tour round my garden . Natural history. THE WBSN. LErrER IV. THE START—COSTUMS—THE WREN—THE MASON BEE—THE CHRYSIS—UARIB ANTOINETTE. I HAVE started, my deax friend, and two things already em- barrass me. In the first place, I do not know at what precise distance from the point of departure we must be, to entitle us to employ in oiir recitals the emphatic pretext which gives so much importance to travellers— We set out, we sailed, we saw, we noticed, we drank, and so forth. Have I any right to make use of this, the true travelling language? And if I do not, wiU my journey be a real journey ?
. A tour round my garden . Natural history. THE WBSN. LErrER IV. THE START—COSTUMS—THE WREN—THE MASON BEE—THE CHRYSIS—UARIB ANTOINETTE. I HAVE started, my deax friend, and two things already em- barrass me. In the first place, I do not know at what precise distance from the point of departure we must be, to entitle us to employ in oiir recitals the emphatic pretext which gives so much importance to travellers— We set out, we sailed, we saw, we noticed, we drank, and so forth. Have I any right to make use of this, the true travelling language? And if I do not, wiU my journey be a real journey ? My second difficulty is—in the accounts you no doubt pre- pare for me, at the same time that I am inditing a description of my journey, you have an inappreciable advantage over me. If, upon reading some narration, a little extraordinary, or a description somewhat supernatural, I indulge in an " Ah! ah !" or a gesture of incredulity, or even of admiration min- gled with doubt, you will answer me: " Go and see it!" It is only three thousand miles off. But if, on the contrary, I astonish you by anything unusual or prodigious, I have not the same resource j I can only say to you—"Look for your- c. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Karr, Alphonse, 1808-1890; Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : F. Warne ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
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