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LETTER TO HIS FATHER. 71 



two other students, who did not, however, re- 

 main with them during the whole trip. 



TO HIS FATHER. 



Munich, May 15, 1828. 



. . . Pleasant as my Easter journey was, I 

 will give you but a brief account of it, for 

 my enjoyment was so connected with my spe- 

 cial studies that the details would only be tire- 

 some to you. You know who were my travel- 



g companions, so I have only to tell you of 

 ur adventures, assuredly not those of knights 

 errant or troubadours. Could these gentry 

 have been resuscitated, and have seen us start- 

 ing forth in blouses, with bags or botanical 

 boxes at our backs and butterfly-nets in our 

 hands, instead of lance and buckler, they 

 could hardly have failed to look down upon 

 us with pity from the height of their grand- 

 eur. 



The first day brought us to Landshut, 

 where was formerly the university till it was- 

 transferred, ten years ago, to Munich. We 

 had the pleasure of finding along our road 

 most of the early spring plants. The weather 

 was magnificent, and nature seemed to smile 

 upon her votaries. . . . We stopped on the 

 way but one day, at Ratisbon, to visit some 



