OUR FIRST WALK ON SHORE. 33 CHAPTER III. Monday, 12th June.—The day began with heavy squalls of wind and rain; but towards noon the wind entirely subsided, and the remainder of the day was fine. Mr. Muller came on board to breakfast with us as agreed, at an early hour; but he must have found it a most troubled meal, for few people (unless indeed they happen to have escorted a talkative and curious child through the Sydenham Palace) can form an ade- quate conception of the fire of questions with which we bored him during the first twenty minutes of our intercourse. An intelligent native who spoke our language as fluently as his own, was an opportunity not to be thrown away in a land not included as yet within the limits of John Murray’s Hand- books ; and we were anxious to arrange our future plans as speedily as possible. Travelling is, after all, far more exciting through countries in which one arrives comparatively igno- rant, and we felt very impatient for our first walk on shore. As soon as breakfast was over we landed; and the instant we approached the beach, we were met by a mixed smell of turf smoke and dried fish, which was ever present with us during

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