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and condiments with which they had victualled their 

 fleet for a voyage of some days. 



"At another time," Mr. Robertson relates, "on the 

 railway where we had to make a few changes before 

 we reached our destination, as Brady knew the country 

 better than I did, and undertook the direction of the 

 journey, I took little notice of what station we had 

 entered or what one we had left. On this journey 

 Brady was the cashier, and got the tickets, and I 

 removed our traps from the carriage we were leaving 

 to the one we were going by. I had taken my seat 

 in a carriage, but by the time Brady had got our 

 tickets the train was just beginning to move, and he 

 had to rush into the first carriage he could reach. In 

 the one that I was in there were only myself and an 

 elderly lady. The next station we came to the guard 

 came to lift * the tickets. He asked for mine. I said 

 I had none. He asked where I came from. My 

 answer was, ' I don't know.' ' Where are you going 

 to ? ' 'I don't know.' By this time Brady came 

 forward, knowing that my ticket was wanted, and 

 said, ' What is up ? ' My answer again was, ' I don't 

 know.' The guard, in taking my ticket from Brady, 

 gave him a look as much as to say, ' You had better 

 keep closer by your charge.' The lady got out of the 

 carriage, no doubt shocked, thinking that she had 

 been riding so far alone beside a madman." 



When the excursionists had returned home it was 

 found that there were some species among their 

 microscopic treasures which could not be made out 

 satisfactorily without more examples. Dr. Brady was 



* To take. 



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