78 LORD LILFORD 



narrative of his doings there in 1865 may be 

 read, and always with delight, in the Ibis for 

 1865 and 1866, and not a little contributed to 

 his election — by acclamation it may be said — to 

 the Presidency of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union in 1867.' 



The following is a passage from his diary : — 

 'June 5, 1867.— The Val de Ordesa ' (in 

 Aragon) ' is so splendid that it would be absurd to 

 attempt to describe it. Though several ibex were 

 seen, no one had a shot. I slept in a shepherd's 

 hut on chopped straw, and rested well. This 

 "gentle shepherd" lost two kids yesterday by 

 a bear. A great deal of guitar playing and 

 singing. These Aragonese have very fine ears, 

 and most of them good voices. I was very 

 much taken with a wild air " Las Montanaras 

 de Cataluna." ' 



1 June 6. — The whole of this country is most 

 lovely. Magnificent pine and beech, and grand 

 red cliffs soaring up into pinnacles and turrets, 

 and crowned with snow. The sweet smell of 

 thousands of wild flowers, the blue of the sky of 

 old Spain, the birds, the roar of the waterfalls, 

 the solitude, and many other concomitants have 



