Boy (knowing and sententious). “Americans are white and thin. English are fat and red.”
E. V. “Upon me word! You are not very white, I am sure!”
Boy. “Ah! but if you had seen me when I had the measles at Cadenabbia! Misericordia! I was as red as you!”
This chapter has two morals for those whom they may concern.
To Traveling Americans and those who hope to become such: Heed wisely Nature’s emphatic or hinted “Non é possible!” Do not attempt the St. Gothard or Simplon Pass if you have unsound lungs or heart.
To the Average Briton: A monkey is better at cutting capers than an elephant.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Lucerne and The Rigi.
