July 12.
A CURIOUS SEASON, I should imagine almost a record one for spoilt gowns and abandoned fanetions. Owing to the Queen's absence from town it began unusually Into, and now although July is but a third over the list of people who are leaving town is daily growing longer. Henley regatta was a terrible disappointment two out of the three days, were hope-Jessly wet and the thint was showery crowds of people, however, went down to see the finals. I heard that the river was so crowded that it was impossible to move daring the greater part of the "day. One good day, however, cannot spell success, and Tam afraid the little: river town which depends on regatta week for many things must be feeling somewhat sad to-day.
Man article on the weather 1 read the other day the writer remarked that the disturbance of the normal is edu cativo to those who have the sense to lay to heart nature'x teachings." It seems to me that the great thing nature ix teaching as this year ix always to prepare for the unexpected. At Easter the thermometer ranged for days between 65 and 70; naturally one was wearing winter garments and suffered accordingly. AIL through the first week in this month the thermometer barely touched 60, and set many people went about in white evidently preferring to think yy was what it should have been in the matter of temperature rather than it was.
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