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delightful landscapes were spread out ; to the north the snow- 

 covered Andalusian mountains; to the east and west the rocky 

 shores, with their numerous creeks and cliffs, washed by the deep 

 blue sea ; to tlie south, as if to shake hands with the Morocco 

 coast in the distance ; far below was the picturesque Bay of 

 Gibraltar, studded wnth ships, and above it the beautiful Algeciras, 

 the land of my longing, the classic ground of science, for here 

 Natterer, Rambur, Will and Harold, and man}' colleagues, lived 

 and collected. 



A second walk led to the stretch of downs, which in the 

 north-west of the town stretches away to Algeciras and San 

 Rocque. Here were found plentifully, Erodius tibialis, Zophosis 

 suhorhicidaris, Pachychila salzmannii, Pimelia fornicata (variety 

 with small weak sculpture) ; more rarely, Isocerus ferrugineus, 

 Ammophthorus rvgosiis, and other sand beetles; while in the neigh- 

 bouring cattle-jDastures were found Clirysomda diluta, Dermestes 

 sardous, Sitones discoideus, Brachinus baticus ; more seldom. 

 Lebia pubipennis and Singilis bicolor. As I wished to pass some 

 time for the quieting of my mind after my unpleasant experience 

 in Malaga, before I again trusted myself in Andalusia, I deter- 

 mined to go for some weeks out of the way of the Revolution, and 

 to settle at Tangier. There is almost daily steam communication 

 with Tangier by means of the garrison provision-boats, which have 

 to provide the fortress with meat and field produce from Morocco : 

 I therefore soon found an opportunity of crossing, and got over 

 after about a two hours' passage. My fears of finding in jNlorocco 

 only indifferent provisions were, however, groundless, for the town 

 of Tangier possesses two French and two English hotels, which 

 equal, or even surpass, the Spanish Fondas in comfort. I also 

 found the personal safet}^ of the solitary traveller much less 

 in danger than in Spain, for during my stay there of several 

 weeks I experienced nothing but kindness from the country 

 people, without ever — as so often happened in Spain — being the 

 least annoyed by beggars. In short, I had no cause of complaint 

 of any kind during the whole time I had to reside in this inte- 

 resting country, while I discovered a (to me) perfectly new and 

 extraordinary insect fauna. The country round Tangier may 

 properly be divided into two geological districts, and according to 

 this division of the ground, the fauna and flora also naturally 

 divide themselves. 



