Noah set the fashion, and it will endure in one degree of modification or another till the next flood.
8 A.M.

Passing Isle de Bourbon.

Broken-up sky-line of volcanic mountains in the middle.

Surely it would not cost much to repair them, and it seems inexcusable neglect to leave them as they are.
It seems stupid to send tired men to Europe to rest.

It is no proper rest for the mind to clatter from town to town in the dust and cinders, and examine galleries and architecture, and be always meeting people and lunching and teaing and dining, and receiving worrying cables and letters.