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Ziller-thal, Augst.3,1871.

side. It is an anxious and a wearing life to lead, having one's wife an invalid; but it has its good side also, as every cloud has; it makes one more thoughtful, less selfish, and more inclined to quite home life and he society of the invalid.

I can't help saying I'm sorry that Henry is expecting an additional burthen and source of anxiety.  Babies are a pleasant thing in themselves, but they are compelled to eat, drink and be clothed, they get sick often times, and they often do not "turn out" well, and all these considerations make the baby-question a serious one.

[[editing mark]] I have recently taken a very pleasant six days walk in the Tyrol with "my son John", which we enjoyed very much,-walking twenty to twenty-five miles each day, excepting one day which we passed on our oars at the end of our outward-bound walk. We went through theAtzthal, then crossed a mountain which separates this from another valley, the Salveiner-thal, and returned to Innsbruck through the latter valley, making a varied and very enjoyable walk. We are all of us in pretty good health. The summer has been quite rainy, rather more so thanusual, in fact much more so.

Goodbye, give my best love to your wife, to Henry and his wife, Gorham and his, Win &c in which Mary joins.

Yours always
F. W. S.

P.S. Please send the accompanying letter to Emily: I don't know how to direct a letter to her. I had intended to send it to Pa, but as you say he may go to N.R. I think it had best be sent to you for delivery.