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The Lielupe River, Latvia

"Then came almost the best part of our Latvian visit. We steamed for an hor and a half down the river Lielupe, which in this part of its course runs parallel to the coast, leaving only a strip of low-lying sand and pine-woords between itself and the sea. It was a lovely evening and the rays of the setting sun streamed across the water gilding the dunes and the forest behind them. Every now and then we passed a huge mass of timber, tied together in rafts and floating down to the sea. The Latvian Guides sang to us all the way, and when we came at last to our ship out on the open sea, Miss Rozenburg said to us: "We shall not shout or cheer; our Guides will just sing to you as we leave you."

Rose Kerr, The Cruise of the "Calgaric" August 12th-29th, 1933, London: The Girl Guides Association.

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