for which were accumulated during these annual tours. The earlier 
journeys were made in Scotland and Ireland, but those soon gave 
place to Alpine tours, at first in Switzerland, later ,.n in Southern 
Austria. From 1861 onwards Churchill and his wife w,,v 
accompanied by their artist friend Josiah Gilbert and Mrs. Gilbert. 
As a result of these Austrian journevs Gilbtrt ami Churchill 
collaborated, after the retirement of tin- latter iV.-m h-d practice. 
in the preparation of a work entitled "The Dolomite Mountains • 
Excursion;- , ; ulu ia, Carniola, and Friuli inlS.il, 
ls '"' 2 - ;in ' 1 ,s, " ; - Churchill being responsible for the scientitic, 
if ■ Jl for the artistic Portion of the book. But the talented 
Mrs. Churchill also took a considerable, if indirect, share in the 
work. She had written to friends at home, during tin- various 
journeys, a series of charming descriptive letters : "these letters 
were referred to while the work was in progress, and wrv often 
of use in giving a graphic touch to the narrative. The third 
chapter m the work, which deals with a preliminary excursion 
made unaccompanied, in 1860, in the country to the east of Bosen, 
is by Churchill alone. The eighteenth chapter, which concludes 
the book and is devoted to a physical description of the Dolomite 
region, is also his. Botany, geology, and mountain scenery, how- 
ever, by no means exhausted the interests of the party, for 
Churchill, though not himself master of any Instrument, took 
much delight in good music and had a considerable knowledge of 
the subject, lie was particularly interested in ihv popular and 
especially in the sacred music of Carinthia and other Slovak- 
countries, and, assisted by his wife, made a considerable collection 
of Slovak melodies. 
The work on the Dolomite Mountains, which was issued by 
Longman in 1864, at once took a prominent place in the literature 
of Alpine travel. It practically introduced to English travellers 
and climbers the previously little-known South Austrian Alps. 
After the work appeared Churchill was elected a member of the 
Alpine Club, and in the same year, 1861, he became a Fellow of 
the Geological Society. Two years later Mrs. Churchill died, and 
we find that Churchill devoted himself, again in company with 
his friend Gilbert, to writing a " Knapsack Guide to Tirol," which 
was issued by Murray in 1867. 
In 1868 Churchill married, as his second wife, Rosaline, daughter 
of F. Millett, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service. On account of his 
wife's indifferent health Churchill settled at Mentone. but a 
year later, for the same reason, he moved to Clifton, winch con- 
tinued to be his home from ISnP. till his death. The change, how- 
ever, did not effect its object; the second Mrs. Churchill who, 
though in full IB ientific inclination^ 
was, owing to' ill-health, unable to take part in his Alpine 
journeys, died in 1870. 
In 1873 Churchill married, as his third wife, France-, daughter of 
the Rev. E. Peacopp, of Boston Spa, ■' s h:in - 
Mrs. Churchill was the companion of all his Alpine journeys from 
1873 onwards so long as he was able to go abroad at all, and gave 
' itance in the conduct of the extensive correspond- 
kept up with Continental botanists and plant 
