TWO EXCURSIONS IN THE FALL OF I869.'
St. Louis University, March 2, 1870.
I have learned that my letter Of July 31st escaped the shipwreck of the Germania on the French coast, since the mails were saved. I spoke to you of the excessive heat of our months of July and August; I have suffered a great deal, by reason of the sudden transition from a moderate and cool climate to one warm and exhausting. In autumn, the heat abates and so health and strength have come back to me little by little. I have therefore been allowed to
z From the French of the third Belgian edition, volume VI.
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