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iful Sts in Paris. English & American spoken. The English are worse than the french if such a thing could be possible. I told an english lady that we used to go out and shoot Indians before breakfast and she believed it and could'nt see that there was any thing absurd in the idea of shooting them in our back yards. There is no use talking they lack the american sense of humor. I hav'nt seen many of the sights of L. yet and so cant write much about them; have crossed London Bridge, been to the Zoological gardens, been to South Kensington, to the National Gal. to St. Pauls, and one or two other but that is all. I went to

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the theatre once the other time and have been once this time but it was nothing decent. To tell the truth I have staid in most of the evenings and sat around the fire. Mrs. Fletcher who keeps the house has travelled all over the world and lived in Brazil and I am endeavoring to get posted on South & Central amer. and Mexico as I hope to go to see them sometime. London is the coldest place this side of the N. Pole. you cant keep warm to save your life unless you go to bed and then you have to put all your over coats and other cloths on top of you or else you would freeze there. The most disappointing thing about Englishmen is their cloths. I had an idea that their cloths were marvels [[strikethrough]] of [[strikethrough]] in the