. A family flight around home. ;in England. Again the coloniesshared in the warfare. In 1748^\ a treaty was concludedat Aix-la-Chapelle, bywhich all nations werepacified, and peace•. prevailed in Europe;but in America theencroachments ofFrance on the Englishled to resistance, and the events ofwhich Lake George and Lake Champlain HTCHKiMLANi-. wcre the scene, preceded the outbreak ofthe Seven Years War in Horners had a whole day going to and coming from thelake named after Madame Scarron. They found the way beautifulwith flowers, some of them new to all. Hubert wished for Pro-fessor
. A family flight around home. ;in England. Again the coloniesshared in the warfare. In 1748^\ a treaty was concludedat Aix-la-Chapelle, bywhich all nations werepacified, and peace•. prevailed in Europe;but in America theencroachments ofFrance on the Englishled to resistance, and the events ofwhich Lake George and Lake Champlain HTCHKiMLANi-. wcre the scene, preceded the outbreak ofthe Seven Years War in Horners had a whole day going to and coming from thelake named after Madame Scarron. They found the way beautifulwith flowers, some of them new to all. Hubert wished for Pro-fessor Bruce, who would have told them all about the botany. Beautiful blue flags grew in a sort of bog, where there was kalmiadifferent from the common sheeps laurel, or the splendid kalmialatifolia, not yet in blossom. They found, too, the curious side-saddle-flower {Samccnia) with its pitcher-shaped leaves. In 1749, when Indians, French and English were enjoying ashort peace, but all sharpening their weapons for renewed contest^. SCHROON LAKE. I55 Peter Kalm, a Swedish botanist, travelled over this region. Hemade discoveries of many plants not known in Europe, and gavehis name to the kalmia. The long sunny day on which they took this expedition was thelast day of their stay at Lake George. On the next they went toFort Edward, where the party separated, Hubert and Tom escort-ing Mrs. Horner and Bessie to Utopia, by the way of Rutlandand Burlington, whence the way was the same as that by whichHubert had joined them. Miss Lejeune and Mr. Horner returned to New York, whereeach had affairs to look after. A fortnight had slipped by amongthe associations and legends of early warfare on the lakes, and itwas now the middle of June. Well, aunt Dut, said Bessie, as they stood on the platform, I am sorry to part from you. I wish you were coming withus to Utopia. So do I, said Hubert. I am sure you would enjoy it. MissAugusta. You would have immense fun with Professor is a great talk
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