. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. he decision to avail myself of the tug was all my own. ThePilot declared that we should ascend the river quite as rapidlywith our own donkey, Zoulou. With all due deference to hisexperience, I declined to believe this. Besides, it is not clearthat he has had any experience with donkeys. The Saonebarges are usually drawn by a pair of horses. The Boussanroumis simply a canal boat, intended for the very narrowest river-boats are towed, and the other berrichon that is withus has her donkey in its stable
. A summer voyage on the river Saône. With a hundred and forty-eight illustrations. he decision to avail myself of the tug was all my own. ThePilot declared that we should ascend the river quite as rapidlywith our own donkey, Zoulou. With all due deference to hisexperience, I declined to believe this. Besides, it is not clearthat he has had any experience with donkeys. The Saonebarges are usually drawn by a pair of horses. The Boussanroumis simply a canal boat, intended for the very narrowest river-boats are towed, and the other berrichon that is withus has her donkey in its stable on board, being towed exactlylike ourselves. C 2 20 The SaSne. It is ;i remarkably odd position this of having a crew that onehas never seen before. I have been studying the two men withanxious interest since we started, as the whole expedition willfall through if they do not work well. This evening both themen worked most willingly on board as house servants. Thetents not being set up yet, the saloon is for the present adouble-bedded room at night. The men set up the bedsteads. ami made the beds very cleverly, whilst I looked in through thewindow giving directions. If thev go on as they have beeunit will be a successful expedition. The weather to-day has been windy, beginning with a lightbreeze against us, that increased to a strong breeze in theafternoon. The saloon is well set up, and watertight, I hope, ine of rain. A Summer Voyage. 21 Evidently our Patron is an economical man. I told him togo on shore and buy some candles and some strawberries. Hereturned with the candles, and said he had found strawberries,very fine ones, but too dear, so he left them. The price wasquite ordinary, even for France. The Patron seems so decidedthat I shall not easily induce him to permit me a little ex-travagance in strawberries. He appears to think that he isin loco parentis, and that I am a young boy who ought not tobe allowed to spend his pocket-money on fruit. $S?&P&E2tts*&*k ? ^\.
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