Letter from Hattie to Frank, February 25, 1874
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Title
Letter from Hattie to Frank, February 25, 1874
Subject
Walking; Exercise
Description
Harriet is relieved to hear that Francis is getting a little bit better. She talks of a trip she took with Henry and Miss Shaw to the country. They slept a lot on the trip and it rained for a good portion of the time. She talks about the island of Shamien/Shameen that they walk around for exercise. There is a nice breeze there even on hot summer days.
Creator
Noyes, Harriet Newell
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #1
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1874-02-25
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Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant
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Language
eng (English)
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Text
Identifier
noyes_c_cor_113
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Canton China
My dear Frank, Feby 25th 1874.
We were very glad to hear
by the last letters from home that
you were feeling better . It must
take a great deal of patience to
enable you to bear all the
sickness you have had
lately. When the last letters
went I was away in the
country with Henry and Miss
Shaw. We were away seven days
and since we came back our
friends have had some fun at
our expense for spending the
time nearly all night and day
in sleeping "which was a fact."
We had a boat which was so
low that we could not stand
upright in it so we lay down
a good deal of the time and
then how could we help going
to sleep? Then it was raining +
cold most of the time and we
were more comfortable covered
up in bed than anywhere else
I was very much tired when we
started as it was just after the
schools closed and it seemed for
some time as if I could not get rested
We left here on Friday and it was
not unlike the next Tuesday after a
long nap in the day time that I
begun to feel rested. I am going
to inclose a copy of the plan of
Shameen which will show you some
thing of the location of our houses.
Shamien is an island on which the
merchants live and is just across the
canal from us There are a great
many fine houses on it like city
residences at home and it is laid
out as you see in street which
are lined with rows of trees principally
banyans. This is where we go to
exercise every day in theory once in a
long time in fact but I think we will
try and do better + go more regularly
in the future. We walk down the
Canal Road to the Bridge Road
and there cross over to the Bund
a road nicely paved walk shaded
with Banyan trees where one may
promenade up and down to his
heart's content. Hot summer evenings it
is very refreshing to get out there for
if there is any breeze anywhere we
will find it there. It is called
[Note: Written sideways in the margin of page two]
a mile and a half around it + a good walk all the way around
so sometimes we vary the programme by "[?swinging?] round the circle"
Matt says to tell you that she has twice walked around it
before breakfast, And now good night
Your aff sister
Hattie .
My dear Frank, Feby 25th 1874.
We were very glad to hear
by the last letters from home that
you were feeling better . It must
take a great deal of patience to
enable you to bear all the
sickness you have had
lately. When the last letters
went I was away in the
country with Henry and Miss
Shaw. We were away seven days
and since we came back our
friends have had some fun at
our expense for spending the
time nearly all night and day
in sleeping "which was a fact."
We had a boat which was so
low that we could not stand
upright in it so we lay down
a good deal of the time and
then how could we help going
to sleep? Then it was raining +
cold most of the time and we
were more comfortable covered
up in bed than anywhere else
I was very much tired when we
started as it was just after the
schools closed and it seemed for
some time as if I could not get rested
We left here on Friday and it was
not unlike the next Tuesday after a
long nap in the day time that I
begun to feel rested. I am going
to inclose a copy of the plan of
Shameen which will show you some
thing of the location of our houses.
Shamien is an island on which the
merchants live and is just across the
canal from us There are a great
many fine houses on it like city
residences at home and it is laid
out as you see in street which
are lined with rows of trees principally
banyans. This is where we go to
exercise every day in theory once in a
long time in fact but I think we will
try and do better + go more regularly
in the future. We walk down the
Canal Road to the Bridge Road
and there cross over to the Bund
a road nicely paved walk shaded
with Banyan trees where one may
promenade up and down to his
heart's content. Hot summer evenings it
is very refreshing to get out there for
if there is any breeze anywhere we
will find it there. It is called
[Note: Written sideways in the margin of page two]
a mile and a half around it + a good walk all the way around
so sometimes we vary the programme by "[?swinging?] round the circle"
Matt says to tell you that she has twice walked around it
before breakfast, And now good night
Your aff sister
Hattie .
中国广州 我亲爱的Frank，1874年2月25日 我们很高兴从之前的家信得知 你觉得好了。 / 这一定耗费了你很多耐心 让自己从病痛中恢复。 / 之前的信来的时候 我和Henry还有Shaw小姐 都在乡村里。 我们去了7天， 而且自从我们回来 我们的朋友们就取笑我们把所有时间花在睡觉上， 但这是真的。 / / 我们的船很小， 以至于我们无法在里面站直， 所以我们躺了很久 / 然后就不知不觉地睡着了。 后来就下了很久的雨， / 我们在床上更舒服 / 我们开始的时候， 我非常累 因为学期刚刚结束， 看起来我有一段时间没有休息了。 我们周五离开这里， 而且这不像是星期二 我午睡以后会觉得很轻松。 我准备给你一份 我们沙面的蓝图 那会给你显示 一些我们房子的地址。 沙面是一座商人住的岛屿 它横跨我们这边的运河。 有很多很好的房子 就像城市的房子一样 就像你在街上看到的那样 排成了一排， 也有榕树在房子旁边。 这里是我们明天锻炼的地方， 理论上来说是很久才来一次， 但是我认为我们会努力的 并且越来越好，未来多去一些。 我们从运河路走 去桥那边， 然后穿过码头， 有一条榕树遮蔽的小道 我们可以在那里走来走去， 让人很满意。 炎热的夏天晚上 我们来到这会感觉很清爽， 如果这里有清风吹过， 我们可以感受到。 【第二页边缘书写】 周围大约1英里半长， 所以我们经常绕圈走。 Mattie让我告诉你，她早饭之前走两圈。 晚安 你的姐姐 Hattie .
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Frank, February 25, 1874,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 23, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/168.