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and Galton arrived this morning, and we have been out the 

 whole of the day, having returned just in time for these few 

 lines. The weather is lovely cloudless and warm the chestnut 

 trees green with young leaf. We have seen Hamy, Quatrefages, 

 and Hubert, who has invited us to dinner on Sunday fortnight. 

 We called also on Gaudry, but only found Madame at home. 

 Daubree I hope to see to-morrow Emily also. Paris is more 

 beautiful than ever little traces now of the war. The Hotel de 

 Ville is, however, still to be rebuilt. How I wish you were here 

 with me. We are now off to Champeaux and then to the Vaude- 

 ville or the Variete's. 



Again to his wife on leaving Paris, 14th April : 



Just one line as we are starting. . . . We were out the whole 

 of the day, visiting Gaudry, Hebert, Daubree, &c., and found it 

 difficult to get away from them and from Paris. The weather 

 continues lovely, and we leave at 8.45 this morning. M. Longue- 

 mar wishes us to stop three hours at Poitiers, so we are doing 

 so, and reach Civray at the same hour, 6.20. You cannot now 

 hear from me till Wednesday. 



To his Wife. BAYONNE, 20th April. 



After all we are going to San Sebastian. We are now just 

 starting for St Jean de Luz, and thence on to Irun and San Sebas- 

 tian. We return here on Sunday night to proceed by early train 

 to Caresse, Lourdes, and Toulouse, which we shall reach on 

 Tuesday and remain at till Thursday, or rather Friday morning. 

 The weather is again lovely. Yesterday we had a most delight- 

 ful day in one of the beautiful valleys in the Pyrenees with 

 M. Detroyat and Le Marquis de Folin. The latter is Mr Jeffreys' 

 friend and a capital fellow. They are most hospitable and kind. 

 In fact, we find it difficult to get away. Yesterday, while at 

 Itzatzou, a carriage passed with a friend of one of our compan- 

 ions, who invited us all to proceed and spend the night and next 

 day with him in the very heart of the Pyrenees. We met with 

 at this little village an excellent geologist a Dr Guidu who 

 acted as our guide, and showed us a fine collection of the rocks of 



