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Mountains will account for a good deal, we admit, but not for all _that_. We are acquainted with the ordinary condition of the Rhine, and although muddy, and at times unpleasant, it is passable. As it is this summer, however, we would prefer not to travel upon it. We will wait until after next year's spring floods." MOUNTAINS WILL ACCOUNT FOR A GOOD DEAL WE ADMIT BUT NOT FOR ALL THAT WE ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE ORDINARY CONDITION OF THE RHINE AND ALTHOUGH MUDDY AND AT TIMES UNPLEASANT IT IS POSSIBLE AS IT IS THIS SUMMER HOWEVER WE WILL PREFER NOT TO TRAVEL UPON IT WE WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER NEXT YEAR'S SPRING FLOODS
to B.: "That's all right, old man; that's the sort of thing we need. That is just the sized river I feel I can get myself clean in this afternoon." I have heard a good deal in praise of the Rhine, and I am glad to be able to speak well of it myself. I found it most refreshing. I was, however, sorry that we had washed in it afterwards. I have heard from friends who have travelled since in Germany that we completely spoiled that river for the rest of the season. Not for business purposes, I do not mean. The barge traffic has been, comparatively speaking, uninterfered with. But the tourist trade has suffered terribly. Parties who usually go up the Rhine by steamer have, after looking at the river, gone by train this year. The boat agents have tried to persuade them that the Rhine is always that colour: that it gets like that owing to the dirt and refuse washed down into it during its course among the mountains. But the tourists have refused to accept this explanation. They have said: "No. AW IT I FELT SATISFIED I SAID TO BE THAT'S ALL RIGHT OLD MAN THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE NEED THAT IS JUST THE SIZED RIVER I FEEL I CAN GET MYSELF CLEAN IN THIS AFTERNOON I HAVE HEARD A GOOD DEAL IN PRAISE OF THE RHINE AND I AM GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WELL OF IT MYSELF I FOUND IT MOST REFRESHING I WAS HOWEVER SORRY THAT WE HAD WASHED IN IT AFTERWARDS I HAVE HEARD FROM FRIENDS WHO HAVE TRAVELLED SINCE IN GERMANY THAT WE COMPLETELY SPOILED THAT RIVER FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON NOT FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES I DO NOT MEAN THE BARGE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING UNINTERFERED WITH BUT THE TOURIST TRADE HAS SUFFERED TERRIBLY PARTIES WHO USUALLY GO UP THE RHINE BY STEAMER HAVE AFTER LOOKING AT THE RIVER GONE BY TRAIN THIS YEAR THE BOAT AGENTS HAVE TRIED TO PERSUADE THEM THAT THE RHINE IS ALWAYS THAT COLOR THAT IT GETS LIKE THAT OWING TO THE DIRT AND REFUSE WASHED DOWN INTO IT DURING ITS COURSE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS BUT THE TOURISTS HAVE REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS EXPLANATION THEY HAVE SAID NO
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