The Argosy — page 219: what you’re looking at

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205 LETTERS FROM MAJORCA. By CuarLes W. Woop, F.R.G.S., AUTHOR oF “* THROUGH HOLLAND,” ‘SUNDER NORTHERN SKIES,” ETC., ETC. Soller, Nov., 1886. = Y DEAR E.— We were to ascend the Puig Major. A. carries everything before him like an autocrat. He has only to suggest things and they are done. Indeed, Rosita divines his wishes be- fore they are spoken. I cannot in the least make all this out. I have to speak very distinctly before my wishes are understood and regarded. This going up the Puig Major was a great undertaking for me. Although by far the lightest weight of the party, Nature never intended me for a mountain climber. The Puig Major is hardly a mountain, you might reply ; but the way to the summit is most certainly a “peine forte et dure.” However, let us begin at the beginning. H. C. was in great form, The idea of ascending the Puig Major was especially agreeable to him. He is endowed with all those muscular powers which add so much to the pleasures of life. Like Longfellow on another occasion, he thought he should remain alk night on the summit, to become thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the solitude and silence of the situation, and make it the subject of his next grand epic poem. comicbooks.cor