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76 each was a human head surmounted by a tall hat! A hand would now and then appear above the water holding a walking-cane. To read this scarcely excites a smile, but imagine the scene, and one can understand what loud laughter and shouts came from the shore.

A PROUD MOTHER

I have referred to the trip taken to the South of France in company with Calderon in the chapter on Birds, and how we came back earlier than we