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 THE RANDALL FAMLLY 8 1

preach to him and his family alone ! After examining the grounds as much as we cared to, we went to Lancaster, about three miles off, through a most charming road shaded by trees. We crossed the Nashua River through an old bridge, or rather over it, though we did pass under cover all the way. We saw the church, which is tJie thing of interest, together with the town house, which was built in a very chaste style, both of brick. We did not stay long after we saw the church, but returned to Bolton the same pretty road. Here we took a last lingering look at the splendid view, and then we passed on. We came home through Feltonville [now Hudson], a rather pretty town, and saw the falls, which looked very well indeed. Mr. Randall stopped a little while at Rockbottom, and then we proceeded ; and, as the moon shone, we had a very pleasant ride. We read * Flowers of Travel ' after we got home. We rode about thirty miles.

"Friday^ May g. This morning, after breakfast, Mr. Randall had the chaise got ready, and we started for White Lake, which is some seven or eight miles by the way we went. We passed through the village of Stow, as Mr. Randall wished to call on Dr. Bass, who used to live in Boston ; I drove all the way, going and coming. We stopped there, and saw him and his daughter ; they showed us their shells, library, &c., and also some beautiful china- ware. After staying two or three hours, we went on, and arrived at White Lake, where we rode into the water. Our horse, who \sic\ was rather sedentary, by the way, seemed to like it very well. The water was too high to see the beach, so we did not stay long, but came back and ate supper. In the evening, we wrote a little poem to 'Friendship,' of which Mr, Randall wrote six verses and I wrote four [his six stanzas being, as is self-evident, the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and tenth] : —

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