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Certain edibles, such as charlotte-russe, Spanish cream, wine jellies and mousses, to say nothing of the caviars and anchovies, were wholly unknown to them; but they ate the dainties with a wise disregard of their inexperience and enjoyed them immensely.

She has very bright eyes and looks as keen and businesslike as the young woman. She told us the other day she had forty grandchildren all the males, men and boys, sailors and fishermen and "mousses" many of the girls fishwives and the mothers married to fishermen or sailors.

Ripe, juicy cherries, pitted and mixed equally with banana cubes, then sweetened, make a dessert my soul loves to recall. Not caring to eat them I never make ice cream, frozen puddings, mousses, sherbets, nor many of the gelatine desserts. Hence I have experimented rather widely in the kingdom of fruits.

«Les pluies et les rosées forment partout elles séjournent, des dépôts qui sont la première source de toute végétation. Ces dépôts sont toujours mêlés des semences des mousses, que l'air charie continuellement, et auxquelles se joignent bientôt les semences presque aussi abondantes des gramens, qui sont l'herbe dominante de nos prairies. Ainsi partout la pluie a formé quelque petit dépôt, il croît de la mousse ou des gramens. Ceux-ci demandent un peu plus de terre végétale pour croître, ils germent, et se conservent principalement dans les intervalles et les creux des pierres: mais la mousse croît bientôt sur la surface la plus unie. Il n'est aucune pierre long-temps exposée