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American travel diary of an unknown Englishman, 1864

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candles on their heads & holding them in their hand for candlesticks. Loads of clay are brought from some distance up the Lake for this purpose. Sepr 25th Sunday Went to the Episcopal Church Sepr 26th We had to wait to wait for a steamer & although 4 have gone up only one has gone down yet owing to the equinoctial irregularities it makes travelling very slow here & I heartily wish we had never come to this place, I advise no one to come here at equinox. Sep 27th We had a severe gale to-day so much so that the steamer that ferries across here was a good deal knocked about.
 
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