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but he was living at Bloxworth, in a small house ( c The 

 Cottage') near the Rectory, and his collections and 

 notes show that he was keenly engaged in the collection 

 of Spiders and Insects, for which the light duties of the 

 two little parishes left ample time. 



On December 30, 1863, he went abroad for the first 

 time, in charge of a pupil, Mr. O. Bradshaw. At the 

 Hotel du Louvre, Paris, on January z, 1864., my father's 

 diary notes, c A lady and two daughters in hotel Eng- 

 lish, evidently, from having an urn at breakfast '. One 

 of the supposed c daughters' was Miss Rose Wallace, 

 who was travelling with her aunt and sister. She did 

 not speak to my father on this occasion, but they met 

 again in Venice a few months later, and the acquain- 

 tance soon resulted in an engagement. 



My father and Mr. Bradshaw travelled across France, 

 and sailed from Marseilles on January 5- for Egypt. On 

 their arrival at Alexandria on the i4.th, after a very bad 

 passage, they were met, as had been arranged, by Mr. 

 Henry Rogers (of Freshwater), a very good professional 

 naturalist, who was engaged to skin birds and take 

 charge of any other collections which might be made. 

 My father's impressions of Alexandria were not favour- 

 able, c Took a look round the place, everywhere 

 stinking like an exaggerated ferret-box, and the row of 

 the watchmen at night defies description. Understood 

 for the first time the prophet's ironical exclamation/' The 

 watchmen are all dumb dogs ! " ' On January 1 5 they 



