id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt hvd.32044080818370 Spice, R. P. Wanderings Of The Hermit Of Westminster Between New York & San Francisco In The Autumn Of 1881. By R. P. Spice ... Printed For Private Circulation. 1884.0 .txt text/plain 12719 309 52 How three men can carry one in a hammock, up and down such mountain sides, beat the Hermit's com- prehension; and it often occurred to him that if he could have got about the island in any other way he would gladly have done it, so as to avoid the revulsion of feeling occasioned by the idea of his thus innocently contributing to a species of slavery, but reflection brought him to the conclusion that after all, hammock bearers are considered a superior class of Madeira men amongst those who earn their living by the sweat of their brow, and as such they earn much better wages than those who simply cultivate the soil. A perfect model hotel bill, given in three words and five figures-not another word nor another figure; the charge for two men therefore was 4,000 reis per day for two bedrooms, with the use of a sitting room, three good meals each day, and good Madeira at lunch and dinner. cache/hvd.32044080818370.txt txt/hvd.32044080818370.txt