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the antiquities of the country.  Told me he had traced for miles the remains of a roman road, to be seen on the promontories jutting into the sea.  The ruts of carriage wheels & the horses hoof tracks worn deep into the rock.
Went this morning to look for a carriage with Mother.  Father went with Miss Sulivan to see the President the Patent Office and other places.  He is going to the club to night wh. meets at Judge Chases and is preparing to give an account of his experiments on sound made at Sandy Hook this Fall.
Mrs. Baird said last night that Mrs. Dall tried to obtain the pulpit of the Unitarian church for tomorrow but it was otherwise engaged.  She preaches in Wilmington instead.  I should like to have heard her.
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[[underline]]Dec[[/underline]][[underline]]1867[[/underline]]
8th  Sunday.  A sermon from Dr. Nevins from China, a missionary who gave us a great deal of interesting information in a short time.  Said that China was in many respects like the United States In extent it was equal to the whole United States from ocean to ocean rather the addition of a line of states in width that like them it extended north & south giving great diversity of climate.  It was divided into eighteen provinces corresponding with our states, with divisions & subdivisions similar to our counties & townships.  One remarkable feature was the walled cities. each province & each division & subdivision of a province has its capitol, which is a walled town, like walls consisting of solid masonry without lined with embankments of earth--could these enclosing walls be extended in a straight line they would extend [[strikethrough]] have way around the globe[[/strikethrough]] a distance equal to half the circumference of the globe.  The towns have in every
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