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Lep'tdoptera in the course of a fortnight, and shot a few 

 birds. On May 1 5: they left the island, and reachedVenice 

 on May 2,0. Here, as already mentioned, he made the 

 acquaintance of his future wife, and within a few weeks 

 (during which they met at various places in North Italy 

 and made many excursions together) they were engaged. 

 About the middle of June my father and Mr. Bradshaw 

 left Italy, and after a few days spent in visiting Inns- 

 bruck, Munich, and Salzburg, settled down at Ischl, 

 where they remained for nearly three months, my father 

 actively engaged in collecting. The political atmosphere 

 in Central Europe was much disturbed at the time, and 

 it is interesting to note in his diary for August 17, 

 c King of Prussia came to our Hotel, not well received 

 at all by the Ischlers'- and the next day, c Went to 

 Concert and Reunion. King of Prussia there. 300 

 people present. King badly received/ Among the 

 visitors to Ischl was Archbishop Trench, who was in- 

 clined to find fault with my father for not having a 

 sermon at each service which he held, until he discovered 

 that my father was not a regular chaplain and need have 

 held no service at all. After this the Archbishop preached 

 for him, and preached once for nearly an hour; but 

 from an entry in my father's diary, c Archbishop came 

 into Casino as I was coaching Bradshaw in billiards ', it 

 would seem that the Archbishop might still be expected 

 to regard him with severity. On September ^^ he and 

 his pupil left Ischl, and travelled slowly homewards 



