. Eight journeys abroad. le when rough and thusit will not have to be missed in case the weather is notpropitious on our return from Sicily. The Pattersons go toRome on their return from P^estum. I had a very nice letter from Mrs. Fowler; they did notget into the Grand Hotel at Rome, but into the said she missed me all the time and was always expectingto meet me. I certainly miss her very much. I think I mustspend a few days at Taormina to rest, as we led rather astrenuous life at Naples. 530 ITALY Amalfi, March 7th, Frank, I take this up at bedtime, having spent an hou
. Eight journeys abroad. le when rough and thusit will not have to be missed in case the weather is notpropitious on our return from Sicily. The Pattersons go toRome on their return from P^estum. I had a very nice letter from Mrs. Fowler; they did notget into the Grand Hotel at Rome, but into the said she missed me all the time and was always expectingto meet me. I certainly miss her very much. I think I mustspend a few days at Taormina to rest, as we led rather astrenuous life at Naples. 530 ITALY Amalfi, March 7th, Frank, I take this up at bedtime, having spent an hour playingbridge with Gen. Pattersons wife and daughter and anotherlady and then going out to see the view by full moon. Ifinished writing last night at bedtime. We walked around thetown all morning and then started in a nice double carriagefor this place. I expected the drive to be beautiful, but it wasmore than I imagined and to think that in addition to thebeauty man has done nothing to disfigure it, as in our HOTEL DES CAPUCHINES, AMALFI We have had absolutely perfect weather, so you can im-agine the sunset lights on the w^onderful mountains and thesea. It is impossible to describe it and no picture I have everseen can do justice to it. I have noticed the change in typeof features in the people since leaving Naples. They arebeginning to look like the Sicilians, darker and thinner andpaler than the Neapolitans, who are of a more robust type. We found ourselves put out on the main street and we hadto climb up 270 steps. There were chairs, but I preferred toclimb, but it was pretty hard, only at every moment I had to 531 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD stop to look; everything white plaster and showing off thegreenery to the greatest advantage. When I got to the topI found Gen. Patterson. His family had gone to Ravello forthe afternoon but got back at dinner time and we sat next tothem at dinner and on the other side a Mr. and Mrs. VanAnden of New York, friends of theirs. They
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