MY FIRST VISIT TO THE ENGADINE. 15 



the valley, industriously working his way towards the gla- 

 cier ; then we reached the point where we had left the char, 

 and again had the pleasure of being well jolted as we rode 

 back to Pontresina. 



The letters I had received the previous day and the non- 

 receipt of any fresh advice led me to the conclusion that the 

 following day must be the last of our sojourn at Pontresina, 

 so if we were to leave I thought it was as well to try and 

 secure the coupe at once of the diligence from Samaden to 

 Chur. I therefore walked over to Samaden, and was 

 fortunate enough to secure the coupe. I found the walk 

 a most agreeable one, for a new road having been made, the 

 unused old one, which is steeper and shorter, serves as a 

 pleasant footpath free from dust; and in addition to this 

 you have frequently for a mile at a time a footpath on the 

 turf. 



In the evening I visited my friends at the Weisses Kreuz and 

 informed them of my intended departure. Dr. Staudinger 

 handed me some larvaa (referable I believe to aToj-trix) which 

 he had found inthe^owers of Bellidiastru7n Michelii, and also 

 one or two other larvae, and begged me to return them to him 

 the following day on the summit of Piz Languard. A 

 dispute took place between Dr. Staudinger and Professor 

 Hering as to which was the best locality in the Engadine 

 for an Entomologist to make his head-quarters; Professor 

 Hering advocated the claims of Samaden, but Dr. Staudinger 

 gave the preference to Celerina. Where all the localities 

 are so good it is very difficult to decide which is the best, 

 but any Entomologist in doubt on the subject might safely 

 try all the different localities in succession. 



The morning of July 15th was again brilliantly fine, and 

 now we were before our departure to attempt the Piz 

 Languard. Does not Mr. Ball say in his Central Alps, p. 

 390, " a horse may be taken as far as the foot of the last 



