. Little Rosy's voyage of discovery undertaken in company with her cousin Charley . HARLEY and Rosy agreed now to takea good rest; for, as Charley said, theyhad done a good days work, and well earned have crossed a desert, traversed a forest,passed through a prairie, and forded the Nile,after discovering its source—all this was certainlysomething accomplished; and perhaps it washardly to be wondered at that Rosy thoughtthey might have allowed themselves to eat theirpears. However, when ladies travel in company withvery enthusiastic gentlemen, they must expect tohave to put up with some f
. Little Rosy's voyage of discovery undertaken in company with her cousin Charley . HARLEY and Rosy agreed now to takea good rest; for, as Charley said, theyhad done a good days work, and well earned have crossed a desert, traversed a forest,passed through a prairie, and forded the Nile,after discovering its source—all this was certainlysomething accomplished; and perhaps it washardly to be wondered at that Rosy thoughtthey might have allowed themselves to eat theirpears. However, when ladies travel in company withvery enthusiastic gentlemen, they must expect tohave to put up with some few hardships. But it was not long before the patient andgood-humoured little Rosy found something whichmade up for her disappointment. LITTLE ROSYS VOYAGE OF XXIX. American strawberries are found to be very good, though theyare rather smaller than English ones. LITTLE ROSYS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Some of the flowers which they had stuck intheir hats having become rather faded, they werehunting among the long grass and leaves forothers to put in their places, when they dis-covered,- -what do you think ? Why some straw-berry plants among the leaves, with tiny redstrawberries on them ! Only think ! They are smaller than those which growr inour garden, you see, Rosy,* remarked Charley; but I think they are redder. They taste verygood too ; dont they ? Delicious! answered Rosy, picking and eat-ing as fast as she could. And how nice theysmell! c There are such a lot of them, too, addedCharley; c we know now what American straw-berries are like. Isnt it nice to be learning somany things without books ? c Yes; we re learning lessons out of doors, asI did in LITTLE ROSYS VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. XXX. MONT BLANC.
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