CHAPTER VI 



1889-90 



From the middle of June to the middle of September, 

 Huxley was in Switzerland, first at Monte Generoso, 

 then, when the weather became more settled, at the 

 Maloja. Here, as his letters shoAv, he "rejuvenated" 

 to such an extent that Sir Henry Thompson, who was 

 at the Maloja, scoffed at the idea of his ever having 

 had dilated heart. 



Monte Generoso, Tessin, Suisse, 

 June 25, 1889. 



My dear Hooker — I am quite agreed with the pro- 

 posed arrangements for the x, and hope I shall show better 

 in the register of attendance next session. 



When I am striding about the hills here 1 really feel 

 as if my invalidism were a mere piece of malingering. 

 When I am well I can walk up hill and down dale as 

 well as I did twenty years ago. But my margin is 

 abominably narrow, and I am at the mercy of " liver and 

 lights." Sitting up for long and dining are questions of 

 margin. 



I do not know if you have been here. We are close 

 on 4000 feet up and look straight over the great plain of 

 N. Italy on the one side and to a great hemicycle of 



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