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Title
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Letters, Aug. 14th, 1911_004
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Alternative Title
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Letters, Aug. 14th, 1911
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Date
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Aug. 14th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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4 the tall reeds that it looked as though the yachts were sailing on the land. It was very delightful & restful to be rowed or taken in a steam launch, here & there, while we studied the vegetation at ease. It was not so funny to land on a quaking bog & walk through the water soaked soil in imminient danger of stepping into a hole & going down to one’s knees or over! Nor was it so easy, when the passage thru the reeds was choked, to pole our way thru, especially as one the bottom was too soft to push against & the bank of reeds was slippery & unsteady. In consequence the day on the launch was especially enjoyable. That day, the Broads were full of white & black-sailed yachts, launches, steamboats, rowboats & house-boats with everyone out for a good time. I could not help thinking how Murray & Charlie would enjoy it! Our guide for these days was a Miss Pallis , who has made the vegetation there a special study. When we reached our starting point the first day, I called Fred’s attention to a striking-looking person coming toward us. “It” had all the appearance of a
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Rights
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