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up to Uncle Johns, and staid a few minutes. walking down with Uncle J. a part of the way as he was going down into the city on some errands. [Errands?] are thick enough especially when Mrs. French is there. This afternoon Thorne and I walked out to the ball grounds and saw a game between the University and the Brooklyners. We beat them 5 to 1. It was a pretty good game. Next Saturday comes the first game with Harvard. I expect there will be a great crowd to see it, and I hope we will lick them out of their boots.I will go to bed now and finish this in the morning -

Chap.II

Last Wednesday Kee Yung, one four Chinamen, who owns a bicycle and I went out for a ride - over into East Haven and around by the boat-house. I think we must have ridden about 5 miles, which however is not more than a equal to walking a mile. We were gone about an hour and a half. The shell that the crew are to row in this year has a seat for the coxswain the bow. I expect it will look quite strange to see it going along with the helmsman in this position. They have also got a new shaped oar [sketch of oar] something like this. With it they can get a pretty good scoop out of the water. Friday afternoon I stopped at Uncle J's studio for a little while. He is hard at work on that everlasting statue of his -

He is also painting a large canvas of a quarry on the side of a hill. I wish they