210 FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. [1839, 



lay before me, the green fields reaching up to the 

 very gates. It was a lovely sight. I have never seen 

 the like. It began raining very soon, however, and has 

 rained all day, so that I have seen little. Philip, who 

 understands German, has been confined to his room 

 by illness. But as soon as I got my breakfast and 

 was fairly fixed in my lodgings, which we found as 

 difficult to get as if we were at New York at this sea- 

 son (I am at the Gasthof zur Dreyfaltigkeit, a good 

 and cheap house, and the head waiter speaks French), 

 I took a guide to direct me to the Joseph-Platz, where 

 the Imperial Library and Cabinet are, to find End- 

 licher. 1 I found the man in his den, and the moment 

 I put my letters into his hand he recognized Ben- 

 tham's writing and addressed me by name, Bentham 

 having apprised him of my intended visit. Endlicher 

 received me very cordially, and I remained with him 

 till two o'clock. He is extremely good-looking, and 

 younger even in appearance than I expected, although 

 Bentham told me he was about his own age ; he looks 

 about thirty-three. I had the pleasure to present in 

 person the copy of the " Flora " designed for him. 



The usual dinner hour here is from twelve to three. 

 The common people dine at twelve, the gentry from 

 two to four, the imperial family setting a good ex- 

 ample by dining between one and two. After dinner 

 I went to the police office to procure the necessary 

 leave to remain here for a week or so, answered all 

 the questions which are put in such cases to the trav- 

 eler, such as where I stopped, how long I intended 

 to stay, what my business was, produced my letter of 

 credit, in order to show that I was not likely to run 



1 Stephen Ladislaus Endlicher, 1804-1849; professor of botany in 

 the University of Vienna ; author of Genera Plantarum. 



