EVEN THE NUN WAS NOT SAFE FROM BROWN. HE IS HERE SEEN TAKING HER OFF, IN A RAPID ACT OF SKETCHING.

   THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN M.P. TRAVELLING IN SEARCH OF “FACTS.” HE IS GIVING BROWN HIS VIEWS; AND ALSO THE STATISTICS OF EVERYTHING.

   A VIEW ON THE RHINE.

       HE IS TAKEN AT THE MOMENT WHEN EXPRESSING HIS OPINION THAT THE WHOLE CONCERN IS A “DO” AND A “SELL.”

       THEY BOTH WORE A PERPETUAL GRIN AND STARE OF SURPRISE

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       JONES THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD TAKEN LEAVE OF ENGLAND AND THEIR SENSES AT ONCE, OWING TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF PROTECTION.

   THE RHINE BOAT.

   BROWN MAY BE SEEN SEATED THERE UPON THE PADDLE-BOX, RAPIDLY SKETCHING EVERY CHURCH, RUINED CASTLE, TOWN, OR OTHER OBJECT OF INTEREST ON EITHER BANK OF THE RIVER. THOSE ARE JONES AND ROBINSON, LEANING OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT BELOW HIM. OBSERVE, ALSO, THE STOUT PARTY WHO HAS CALLED FOR BRANDY-AND-WATER, AND WHOSE COUNTENANCE ALMOST LAPSES INTO A SMILE AS “KELLNER” APPROACHES WITH THE BEVERAGE. THE TUTOR, IT IS PLEASANT TO SEE, HAS AT LAST PUT HIS “CLASSIC” IN HIS POCKET, AND GIVES HIMSELF UP TO THE UNDIVIDED ENJOYMENT OF THE SCENE, WHILE HIS “YOUNG CHARGE” IS WRAPPED IN CONTEMPLATION OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE WHEEL. AND THAT MUST SURELY BE THE GENT WHO HAS SUCH A LOW OPINION OF THE BEAUTY OF THE RHINE-LAND, SEATED AT THE STERN OF THE BOAT WITH HIS LEGS DANGLING OVER THE RIVER. LET US HOPE THAT HE IS HAPPY NOW!

   THE ENGLISH “MILORD” UPON THE RHINE.

   HOW HAPPY HE LOOKS! HE DISLIKES THE HUM OF MEN, AND SITS ALL DAY SHUT UP IN HIS CARRIAGE READING THE LITERATURE OF HIS COUNTRY. HOW RUDE OF THOSE GERMANS TO BE LAUGHING AND JOKING SO NEAR HIS LORDSHIP!

   PERFECT ENJOYMENT.

     COBLENTZ.

   INDIGNATION OF ROBINSON, AT SIGHT OF INADEQUATE WASHING APPARATUS. HE RANG THE BELL WITH SUCH VIOLENCE, THAT ALL THE WAITERS RUSHED IN, THINKING THAT THE HOTEL WAS ON FIRE, OR THAT A REVOLUTION HAD BROKEN OUT.

   THERE HE STOOD, POINTING TO THE WATER, ABOUT HALF A PINT IN A BASIN THE SIZE OF A BREAKFAST CUP; AND IN A VOICE OF SUPPRESSED EMOTION, DEMANDING TO KNOW IF 

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