MY FIRST VISIT TO THE ENGADINE. / 



indeed a fine effect ; but still, taking the glacier as a Vv'hole it 

 was not what we had expected ; the fault probably, however, 

 lay not in the glacier, but in our expectations. Whilst we 

 were waiting at the foot of the glacier we heard a peculiar 

 loud shrill whistle on the hills above us, which I have since 

 ascertained was the cry of the marmot. 



In returning from the glacier I met with Professor Hering, 

 who was bound on a similar pilgrimage, along with other 

 Entomologists, amongst whom was Herr Mengelbier of 

 Aachen, and Dr. Herrich-Schaifer, who had just arrived, 

 and had immediately turned out to enjoy the Alpine scenery. 

 Dr. Herrich-Schaffer had brought with him from Ratisbon 

 a living specimen of the new Depressaria, lately bred by 

 himself and by Herr Friedrich Hofmann from Artemisia 

 Absinthium, We made an arrangement all to meet at the 

 Weisses Kreuz in the evening, and they continued their route 

 to the glacier, whilst we retraced our steps to Pontresina, very 

 well satisfied that in our first day, which had opened so inau- 

 spiciously, we had contrived to visit the Morteratsch glacier. 



In the evening I went to the Weisses Kreuz, where our 

 Entomological party consisted of Herr Benteli of Berne, 

 Herr von Heinemann of Brunswick, Professor Hering of 

 Stettin, Dr. Herrich-Schaff'er of Ratisbon, Herr Schmidt 

 of Wismar, Dr. Staudinger of Dresden, and myself. The 

 main question was, in what direction should we explore the 

 country the following day. I found that the prevailing opinion 

 was in favour of the Val da Fain, the opening to which lay 

 a little beyond the Bernina Inn. If the morning proved 

 fine my German friends proposed to start off" at seven o'clock ; 

 I did not promise to be with them so early as that, but I 

 thought I could manage to meet them in the Val da Fain 

 before they should have proceeded far, knowing well that 

 the pace at which a party of Entomologists moves in good 

 collecting-ground is not very rapid. 



