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10 letterhead maple beech hickory etc etc all kinds of underbrush wild flowers cultivated flowers acres of rhododendrons,
a pond covered with lilies. etc All the ground waving hill dale clad in the full summer dress of the region trimmed with exquisite
taste. The servants are in livery everything is fine about the house in it but Mr Mrs Sargent are the most cordial unaffected
people imaginable in a few minutes I was at my ease at home. Sauntering when I like, doing what I liked making the house my
own Here we had grand dinners formal informal here I told my dog story I dont know how often. described glaciers 01678
11 their works etc. Here, the last day I dined with Dana of the N.Y. Sun Styles of the Forest Stream, Parsons, the Superintendent
of Central park Mathews Mayor of Boston. Yesterday the Mayor came with carriages drove us through the parks the most interesting
streets of Boston. he Mr Mrs Sargent drove to the station saw us off. While making Sargents our headquarters Mr Johnson took
me to Cambridge where we saw the classic illegible shades of learning etc. found Royce who guided us, San Porter, the historian
Parkman etc etc We called at Elliot s house but he was away. We also went to the seaside at Manchester 40 miles or so from
Boston to visit old Mrs Fields a charming old lady how good a time