During July the talk was all of mountain and seaside. Kuling and Mokanshan were carefully compared. Tsingtao, Weihaiwei and Chefoo came in for grilling investigation, Repulse Bay and K i were discussed minutely. But nothing seemed just the right thing, and of course the summer demanded much inthe way of heat-alleviations. Inconsiderate typhoons denied him the solace of Pootoo excursions and the annoying tyres of his motor insisted upon replacement. aly, worn out by the difficulties of the decision and warned against riotous tripping, by a bank balance de pleted summer self-indulgences he motored down to the Fort j Hotel for tea one Saturday and called that a holiday. Hencefor-
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