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It rallied hard all the morning, so that botanizing 

 was out of the question. So I put my collection of 

 yesterday in press ; visited Biasoletto, 1 and after 

 dinner met Tommasini, 2 who has given me a very 

 pretty collection of plants of the country. . . . 



VIENNA, 24th May, Friday evening. 



The great fete of the Grotto of Adelsberg, of which 

 I wrote you, was to take place on Monday afternoon. 

 Mr. Philip, the painter, and myself took a carriage to 

 that place and arrived in good time, and saw this very 

 strange grotto with greater advantage and under more 

 curious circumstances, I suspect, than was ever done 

 by an American before. I had all the next day before 

 me, as the coach from Triest did not arrive till evening. 

 My companion was taken somewhat ill and kept the 

 house, while I took my portfolio and walked through 

 the fields of this retired valley to a bold and high 

 mountain range, more distant than I had calculated 

 on ; climbed the rocks with much difficulty ; enjoyed a 

 charming prospect from the summit ; filled my port- 

 folio with plants ; got back about five o'clock, regu- 

 larly tired and hungry, and just had time to eat my 

 dinner and secure my specimens before the coach 

 came from Triest. We took our places just at dusk, 

 Tuesday evening, and have been on the road day and 

 night, stopping just long enough to take our meals, 

 until this morning ; when at early daylight, just as I 

 opened my eyes from such sleep as one might catch 

 after three consecutive nights of such confinement, the 

 vale of the Wien and the beautiful city of Vienna 



1 B. Biasoletto, M. D., 1793-1858. Triest. " A botanist of merit 

 and investigator of Algag of the Adriatic " [A. G.]. 



2 M. J. Tommasini, 1794-1879. Triest. Author of a Botany of 

 Mt. Slavonik, Istria. 



