A YORKSHIRE NATURALIST 15! 



hausen and Zurich. At the latter place I should have 

 met Prof. Heer, and only failed to do so through the 

 blundering of a waiter at our hotel. We then went 

 through the Oberland and over the Gemmi Pass to 

 reach the Rhone, then crossed the Tete-Noir to 

 Chamounix Valley, and returned home by way of 

 Paris. Soon after our return, we celebrated the 

 marriage of my eldest daughter. 



During the early months of 1871 my dear wife 

 suffered a martyrdom from some internal mischief. 

 Towards midsummer the painful symptoms disap- 

 peared, only to return in still more serious form at 

 the beginning of the following year. Within a 

 limited number of days the inevitable blow fell upon 

 our happy home circle. 



Then came a long and dreary time of depression 

 and sadness. 



