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An hour’s sail brought us to Lucerne again. I judged it best to go to bed and rest several days, for I knew that the man who undertakes to make the tour of Europe on foot must take care of himself.
Thinking over my plans, as mapped out, I perceived that they did not take in the Furka Pass, the Rhone Glacier2, the Finsteraarhorn, the Wetterhorn, etc. I immediately examined the guide-book to see if these were important, and found they were; in fact, a pedestrian tour of Europe could not be complete without them. Of course that decided3 me at once to see them, for I never allow myself to do things by halves, or in a slurring4, slipshod way.
I called in my agent and instructed him to go without delay and make a careful examination of these noted5 places, on foot, and bring me back a written report of the result, for insertion in my book. I instructed him to go to Hospenthal as quickly as possible, and make his grand start from there; to extend his foot expedition as far as the Giesbach fall, and return to me from thence by diligence or mule6. I told him to take the courier with him.
He objected to the courier, and with some show of reason, since he was about to venture upon new and untried ground; but I thought he might as well learn how to take care of the courier now as later, therefore I enforced my point. I said that the trouble, delay, and inconvenience of traveling with a courier were balanced by the deep respect which a courier’s presence commands, and I must insist that as much style be thrown into my journeys as possible.
So the two assumed complete mountaineering costumes and departed. A week later they returned, pretty well used up, and my agent handed me the following:
Official Report
OF A VISIT TO THE FURKA REGION.
By H. Harris, Agent
About seven o’clock in the morning, with perfectly7 fine weather, we started from Hospenthal, and arrived at the maison on the Furka in a little under quatre hours. The want of variety in the scenery from Hospenthal made the Kahkahponeeka wearisome; but let none be discouraged; no one can fail to be completely r’ecompens’ee for his
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slurring
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mule
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monarch
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precipices
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caverns
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exhausted
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footpath
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plunging
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crater
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celebrated
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cascade
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gorge
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| adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体) | |
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trifling
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ruse
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planks
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| (厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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| 骡( mule的名词复数 ); 拖鞋; 顽固的人; 越境运毒者 | |
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extremity
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ascent
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inclination
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splendor
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crest
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adorn
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untold
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insolent
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