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But the first excursion taken was to the retired village of 

 St. Loup, near Eclepens, where lived his worthy old tutor, 

 M. Germond. It was twenty-six years since they had 

 bidden one another " un dernier adieu" at Echallens ; and 

 the old man, overjoyed to see his favourite pupil again, 

 " gave us a most affectionate welcome, and we spent an 

 hour very happily in talking over all the old reminis- 

 cences." "This day has added a year to my life," M. Ger- 

 mond said at parting, and in fact he survived it exactly 

 twelve months. Next day (Septembor 2oth) was spent in 

 revisiting Renens. Here more old friends were found, and 

 unforgotten haunts explored again with the deepest in- 

 terest. The old house and grounds seemed somewhat 

 dwarfed from what they had been imagined, and there 

 were some changes. " The asparagus beds are gone, and 

 also the sweet little round plum-tree near the entrance of 

 the garden." But the woods and the butterflies were fresh 

 and tempting as ever, and the excitement of chasing the 

 latter was not to be resisted. It was a beautiful day, with 

 a touch of coming autumn, for the walnuts were being 

 gathered at Renens ; but that night at Lausanne rain arid 

 lightning caused suspicions of an approaching change, 

 which were renewed the following evening, and thoughts 

 of Chamounix were reluctantly given up. At Geneva, on 

 the 24th, they met Dr. Moore of Glasnevin, just returned 

 from Spain with his brother, Mr. C. Moore, from Sydney, 

 Australia. Thursday (September 26th) was to be remem- 

 bered for a call on the great botanist, M. Alphonse de 

 Candolle. It had long been one of Mr. More's ambi- 

 tions to meet the author of the " Geographic Botanique 

 Raisonniee," a book by which he had been permanently 

 influenced. The meeting was cordial, and was followed by 

 a correspondence in later years on various botanical topics. 

 At parting, M. de Candolle presented his photograph, and 

 asked for one in return. At Paris, a few days later, he 

 made acquaintance with M. Boisduval, one of the most 

 versatile and entertaining of naturalists, at once President 

 of the Horse-flesh-eating Association, and owner of the 

 best collection of butterflies in Europe. A three hours' 

 chat with M. Boisduval was immensely enjoyed. The 



