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[Illustration: _Countrywoman_ (_her first glimpse of the sea_). "AIN'T IT
ASTONISHIN', WILLIUM? WHO'D 'AVE THOUGHT THEER COULD BE AS MUCH WATER AS
THAT?"

_Willium._ "YES; AN' REMEMBER, MARIA, YE ONLY SEE WHAT'S ON TOP."]

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"You can greet an acquaintance while you are cycling by smiling and
nodding your head or by waving. Which you do depends on the depth of
your acquaintanceship."--_Home Notes._

And not, as you might think, on your proficiency as a cyclist.