On January 26, we had a spring day at Hangchow. Oh, the day was so warm and even hot! On that afternoon a friend and I went to visit the Public Garden. About two o'clock we walked along the shore of West Lake in order to get small boat, which could take us to the other side of the lake. Because of the New York ye and the spring weather, the boatmen da good chance to' make money. ince we were strangers, and one cannot pick up the dialect of a new place in-a minute, it was very hard for us to talk about price. At Li we felt it was a relief to settle with tone of the boatmen. But we had to say good-bye to him, because he wanted to deceive us, Walking and wandering along the shore, we wanted to find a boat.
Very. fortunately, two YW. C. A. friends came to save us from the trouble. So our group grew larger.
Though the poor boat had to carry a heavy ier weight, we had a great tine on the wa: The pictures of West Lake are beautiful, but the real lake is even more beautiful than all of them. fy day dreams cane tr "Who am I, and Where am I said to myself.
T had to pinch myself in order to make sure that I was on West Lake and not ina dream.
Again and again my friend had to arouse me lost 1 should fail to see some parts of the beautiful scenery.
"The Public Garden While Iwas moving my head to Took at the scenery around West Lake, I heard a voice saying, re is the Public Garden." Steping out from the boat, we went 'Along' the steps leading to the top of the hill there were flowering trees, which had begun to blossom. Following the steps, we reached a ting-ds. There we sat for a while. was very hot. We had a bird's-eye view of the Lake, How beautiful it was! We wished that we could stay there indefinitely, but finally it was time for going home. The honieward way was even more beantiful. It seemed that Nature could understand the gladness oar hearts "Mr. Sun" gave usa smiling, sending out letters calling for r=- dress, and alleging that the police must have acted under orders from the French Consul. the sermon was snow. In the evening we had ice cream, which was made with the help of snow. So it was a snowy day. The next day T had a short walk along the shore of West Lake. Oh, the scene ery was so different from the other day Tt was winter! The ware:
West Lake was frozen. The mountains were covered with snow, and seemed very cold and lonely; because there were not many who came to visit them and 4 preciate their beauty.
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