. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. e that hisservice- may be occasionally acceptable when we are at a dis-tance from an inn. The contrast between the Patron (the owner of a boat iscalled lefatronhere) and the Pilot is the most striking that couldbe imagined. If the Patron is a small man, even for France, thePilot would be considered a big and powerful man in England, anywhere. I Ie is reputed to be one of the best pilots on theSa6ne. Besides this he is a splendid swimmer, has rescued no A Slimmer Voyage. II less than fourteen people from drownin
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. e that hisservice- may be occasionally acceptable when we are at a dis-tance from an inn. The contrast between the Patron (the owner of a boat iscalled lefatronhere) and the Pilot is the most striking that couldbe imagined. If the Patron is a small man, even for France, thePilot would be considered a big and powerful man in England, anywhere. I Ie is reputed to be one of the best pilots on theSa6ne. Besides this he is a splendid swimmer, has rescued no A Slimmer Voyage. II less than fourteen people from drowning, and has received fourmedals for his bravery. He always wears a little bit of ribandbelonging to one of these medals. I like his manners, which areplain and straightforward, without either rudeness or any excessof deference. His swimming powers may perhaps be useful, asthe patron cannot swim a stroke. Decidedly there is an African character about the Bousscm-roum ! the donkey is called Zoulou. He is a handsome andlively beast of a dark-brown colour, with fine intelligent The ! Boussemroummoored. The Patron is proud of Zoulou, and bought him for three hundredfrancs. The mention of this great sum of money reminds me thatperhaps you may be curious to know how much the Boussem-roum is to cost me. Answer, ten francs a day for boat, Patron, 4 and donkey, and six francs a day for the Pilot. The Patron isto keep himself and Zoulou, the Pilot is to provide his own foodand drink. I 2 The SaSne. This docs not seem expensive, but to change a bcrrichon intoomfortable house-boat would have been a costly operation ifI had not already possessed the camp, and even as it is there hasbeen an appreciable outlay in adapting the camp to its presentemployment. There are the two new ends to the hut, with askeleton to carry the canvas walls and roof. In the tents thepoles would have been in the way, so I have replaced them bychevrons,1 three to each tent, besides which there are washboardsrou
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