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Ramsgate 1876

Here, we’ve been positively frozen and have had to have the windows shut, while my wife has been hankering for fur jackets. On Friday night in London it was only 6 degrees Reaumur, and in Liverpool the melons have been positively frozen hard.

Despite the weather, we are persevering with our bathing as the sea is still warm and, with this wind, the breakers get better and better and keep one warm; it’s precisely these cold sea-baths that have the most invigorating effect, and my wife’s health has improved wonderfully since she’s been going into the water.

Engels to Ida Pauli 27^th August 1876 11 Campden Square, Ramsgate