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always received him kindly, giving him a place at their 

 table and a bed to sleep in- -or more exactly on; for he 

 slept with his clothes on, even with his shoes on. The 

 farmers liked Gressly extremely, because he not only 

 told good stories, but also gave good advice for finding 

 springs, digging wells, and he indicated good places 

 for marls and clays used in agriculture, and for stone 

 quarries. Like a child, as he was all his life, he played 

 with the children, making cocks and boats and dancing 

 frogs out of pieces of old almanacs or newspapers. 

 As an example of his cheap way of travelling, he 

 once started with a small sum of money in his pocket, 

 then he forgot that he had any money, and remained 

 two or even three months without spending a penny, 

 going from farm to farm, and returned loaded with 

 the most splendid and rare fossils. And when asked 

 why he had stayed so long without writing, - 

 "Why!" said he, "you forgot to give me any money, 

 and I was obliged to do as well as I could with my 

 friends the pay sans, who generously gave me board and 

 lodging as I went along; a slow process," he added, 

 "which took much of my time." "But, Gressly, I gave 

 you some money before you started, and I saw you, if 

 I remember rightly, put it in that pocket," indicating 

 the pocket. Gressly put his hand in his pocket, and 

 brought out the gold pieces which had been there, for- 

 gotten, ever since he started two months before. 



As to clothes and linen, he was even more indiffer- 

 ent ; with the exception of two pairs of strong shoes, 

 a knapsack to put his specimens in, and a medium- 

 sized geological hammer, everything was of the cheapest 



