Just before Mr. George and Rollo left Switzerland, on their return to Paris, they received a letter from Mr. Holiday, who was still in Paris, in consequence of which they concluded to make a short tour on the Rhine on their way to France. The adventures which they met with on this tour will form the subject of another volume of this series.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Carlos was a Spanish boy, who was residing at this time at the same hotel with Mr. George. The manner in which Rollo became acquainted with him is related in Rollo in Paris. Carlos did not understand English, nor Rollo Spanish; but when they were together they usually kept talking all the time, each in his own way.
[2] A courier is a travelling servant and guide.
[3] Mr. George, in speaking these words, did not pronounce them as you would suppose from the manner in which they are written. He pronounced them very much as if they were spelled Tru-ah Ru-ah. In the same manner, the German words, Drei Könige, he pronounced as if they were spelled Dhrai Ker-nig-ger.
[4] See Rollo in Paris for an account of these dens for bears in the Garden of Plants.
[5] The zenith is the point in the heavens that is directly over our heads.
[6] Pronounced Yoongfrow.
[7] Pronounced shamwawh.
[8] See the map at the commencement of the first chapter.