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to Hamburg, against my arrival there. Spent the even- 

 ing at Martius' house, and took my leave of madame 

 and Caroline. I gave Madame M. my copy of " Childe 

 Harold," a very pretty one, which she seemed to value 

 considerably. Martius I saw again the next morning 

 at the cabinet, and took leave very affectionately ; he 

 kissing me tenderly, after the German fashion. Ask 

 Dr. Torrey to look in the list and see if Martius is not 

 an honorary member of the Lyceum, as I believe, but 

 am not sure. If he is he knows it not. The Lyceum 

 has also been remiss in sending him the " Annals," 

 which should not be, as he has been a liberal con- 

 tributor. His works give him much trouble since the 

 death of the late king, who was his patron and sub- 

 scribed toward the expense ; the present king does 

 nothing at all for Martius or for science anyway, so 

 that poor Martius is a little embarrassed. Meanwhile 

 he is pressed down with his duties as professor, direc- 

 tor of the Botanic Garden, etc., for which he is most 

 miserably paid. 



The Botanic Garden is better arranged than any 

 other I have seen on the Continent, except at Paris, 

 and I have secured a copy of the plan. But I must 

 break off with Munich. Arrived at Lindau, on Lake 

 of Constance, yesterday ; a fine lake, but too large to 

 show well ; the shores only at the eastern end moun- 

 tainous ; the rest ordinary, and in high cultivation, 

 dotted with thriving villages ; took a steamboat after 

 dinner for Constance. . . . 



ON THE RIGI, 25th June. 



I must resume the thread of my narrative where I 

 left it, at my entrance to Zurich. I did nothing that 

 evening but look about the town, visit the old church 



