XXII BULLETIN NO. 23, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



From Liverpool Mr. Lea with his family went to London, whore ho 

 was received by his former friends, and made many new ones among- 

 the younger naturalists, among whom the most valuable were the late 

 lamented Edward Forbes, of the Government establishment of Br tish 

 Economic Geology, and S. P. Woodward, of the British Museum, and 

 author of that excellent work, the " Manual of the Mollusca." He also 

 met his old friend Mr. Abbott Lawrence, then American minister to 

 England, and enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. George Peabody at a 

 " white-bait dinner" at Blackwell's. 



lie visited the Houses of Parliament, where he heard Lords Brougham. 

 Giey, and Campbell the chancellor, a«id D'Israeli, and Gladstone. Lord 

 Brougham was nervously restless; Lord Grey was clear and earnest; 

 Lord Can^pbell was the most natural and certainly the best speaker. 



Leaving London, Mr. Lea paid a brief visit to Paris, and went from 

 thence to Brussels, passing but a short time in each city. At Brussels 

 he had the privilege of meeting Quetelet, the well known scientist. 



He afterward visited Bonn, where he met Professors Troschel and 

 Roemer at the university. The latter, whom he had entertained in 

 Philadelphia, expressed great pleasure at seeing him in Europe, and 

 offered every service in his power. He was at that time engaged upon 

 his work on the " Tertiary Shells of Texas," and had Mr. Lea's work on 

 the "Tertiary of Alabama" before him. Mr. Lea saw here the ArcJiego- 

 saurus and numerous other fossils. Professor Eoemer told him there 

 were about one thousand students at the univ^ersity. He took him to 

 see the extensive collection of minerals and fossils of Krantz, who had 

 a fine head of the Zeuglodon and a perfect Ichthyosaurns. Mr. Lea, 

 with his family, went up the Ehine, stopping at Neuwied to see Prince 

 Maximilian, the eminent naturalist and author of "Travels in North 

 and South America." During his visit to Philadelphia the prince had 

 been a frequent guest of Mr. Lea, and they had corresponded after his 

 return to Europe. He received the ladies and Mr. Lea with great 

 courtesy and hospitality, and offered the kindest service and advice 

 with reference to their intended journej" in Switzerland and through the 

 rest of Europe. He most kindly gave Mr. Lea a circular letter of in- 

 troduction addressed to all scientists in Germany. 



From Neuwied Mr. Lea went to Ems, Schwalback, Schlangenbad, 

 Wiesbaden, and from thence to Frankfort, where he met Von Meyer, 

 who was then engaged in describing the Saurian bones, of which he had 

 several species. He showed Mr. Lea his drawings and manuscripts. 

 He had been twenty-eight years engaged in the study of fossil reptiles. 

 Mr. Lea greatly enjoyed this visit and the kindliness of his reception. 



At Heidelberg he saw Professors Bronn and Leonhard, both of whom 

 were busy in making investigations. The latter was at his pseudo- 

 crystals, of which he showed Mr. Lea many of feldspar, garnet, &g. 



At Geneva he had the pleasure of meeting Moricand, with whom he 



