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2 book abounds, For many of the illegible tions one reading would not suffice, and please read that again, for we always
read aloud, one or other of us would say, and so we have read a good portion, deeply impressed, and most grateful at the power
of language, and your wonderful use of it to describe the beauties, marvels, and terrors? almost, of nature from a snow flake,
to the mighty illegible which have illegible mountains in twain. Many pictures I have illegible ged to my soul loath to feel
they could ever be p illegible 3 from me. But the time when we can enjoy such soul refreshing illegible is very limited
in this busy season of the year. He first of January always developes the strength of the social season to follow, and my
mind and time have been almost constantly occupied with guests, and this generally continues through January and February.
It is our custom to read aloud each evening, when we can command the time, so we joyfully anticipate the evenings we can call
our own ere long and the first suggestion I know will be. let us read Mr Muirs book again, and we will again thank God, for
the appreciation and the intellect he has given you to