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when I returned to the hotel. My next day's work, July 14th, was 

 spent under the cliffs, Vernayaz to Martigny, and in a catch of 99 

 were three L. ario7i, one L. Camilla, all fresh, some fair B. daphne and 

 C. hijale, C. alciphron in good condition, thunder threatening again by 

 by 4 p.m. and the day being very hot. The next morning I walked 

 to Martigny Bourg station and sent some luggage on to Orsieres. On 

 the walk up to Orsieres through Sembrancher, I took several 

 P. machaon and A. adippe, and one Issoria lathonia. After a late 

 lunch at Orsieres I plodded on again to Bourg- St. -Pierre on the Grand 

 St. Bernard Road, but met with very little worth taking in this part 

 of the journey. The Hotel de Napoleon here is interesting, as you see 

 the room which the great general occupied when passing through 

 Bourg-St. -Pierre. Starting early next morning I walked thence over 

 the Grand St. Bernard Pass to Aosta. Between Bourg St. Pierre and 

 the St. Bernard Hospice I took several Pieris callidice in fine 

 condition, also Melampias epiphron, Erebia tyndanis, and Brenthis 

 pales. At the Hospice one enjoyed some rest and patted the 

 famous dogs, which seem rather spoilt, but are fine animals, being 

 mostly now descendants of the famous dog " Barry." It is interesting 

 to note that the pure breed of these dogs is preserved in far-off Scotland. 

 Below the Hospice is the Italian Custom House, where a gendarme 

 satisfies himself that you have sufficient money on you to be allowed 

 to enter Italy. On the way down to the first Italian village of St. 

 Rhemy I took several male P. callidice, one Parnafisit(s delius, and one 

 fine specimen of Anthocharis siniplonia. I confess I limped into Aosta 

 after a long day, but managed to catch the 5 a.m. diligence next 

 morning for Courmayeur, arriving there at the comfortable Hotel de 

 rUnion, at 10 a.m. After breakfast I went down into the river Dora 

 ravine, towards Pre St. Didier ; the river Dora is ever a torrent 

 and its cold waters are thickened with debris, etc., from the 

 grand Mont Blanc Range, which towers above everything else at 

 Courmayeur. Here I found Brenthis daphne quite fresh, also L. avion, 

 B. ino, and P. hijlas, besides P. apollo and commoner insects. Next 

 morning, July 18th, I climbed Mont de la Saxe, famed for its flora, 

 which would have turned the head of a botanist, I imagine, and 

 towards the summit I was delighted to find Melitaea cynthia, fresh, 

 and in abundance, males and females, also high mountain forms 

 of B. pales. On the way up I also took Pleheius an/us, in 

 abundance, and on the top a few C. phicomone, but there was no sign 

 of ('. palaeno. One enjoyed one's lunch on the top of Mt. de la Saxe, 

 and gazed with glad rapture on the wonderful panorama around. I 

 counted forty-six snow-clad peaks in all directions, whilst the lordly 

 Mt. Blanc towered highest amongst the other peaks of his range, 

 " Primus inter pares." Next day I again visited the Dora ravine, 

 where I took a total of one hundred insects, B. daphne, Argynnisaglaia, 

 Ai/riades coridon, etc. A little rain came on in the afternoon, the first 

 I had experienced since July 13th, but it cleared by the time I reached 

 the Hotel. After dinner a party of French automobilists of the Auto 

 Club du Perigord, a Perigueux, Dordogne, near Bordeaux, who had been 

 "doing" the Exhibition at Turin, and were eu ?-o»^e for Champery, most 

 hospitably entertained me at their musical evening. We had most 

 beautiful songs and music, and before separating that evening we toasted 

 " England " and " France," " a I'entente cordiale," most heartily. 



