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of my coming. Had a long walk with him from 9 P.M. until 

 midnight, in moonlight, about the city and up a high hill com- 

 manding the city. He is a very handsome and agreeable man, 

 speaking English perfectly. — Was two years in England — 

 his translation [of How Crops Grow] is shortly going to 

 press. . . . 



March 30, Naples. ... I have enjoyed Naples and can 

 tell you something of its glorious nastiness and beautiful 

 environs when we meet, but I cannot write. The stone floor 

 under the carpet is like ice to my feet, and my boots, just up 

 from a subterranean scullery, are like twice frozen rawhide 

 to the feel. I must be up and stirring or the chills will have 

 me. Yesterday on the slopes of Vesuvius, the fig trees were 

 pushing their young leaves, pear trees were in blossom, wheat 

 was 18 inches high and the air was almost equal to that of 

 Shepard Hill, but not quite. 



Paris, Apr. 7, 1876. . . . Tuesday to Turin. "Wednesday 

 I spent in company with Mr. Giglioli. Visited the University, 

 technical school, Ag. Expt. Station, etc. Wednesday night 

 to Paris. . . . The month in Italy was most favorable for 

 outdoor life. ... As regards health, I think it is now mainly 

 a matter of digestion, and I don't expect to get right until I 

 have had a course of country air and bodily exercise. 



During these three months of rest amid new sur- 

 roundings, with pleasing society that diverted and 

 amused him, Professor Johnson had gained steadily in 

 nervous strength, and the prostrating headaches came 

 less frequently. He avoided, of necessity, the people 

 and the places that, had he been well, he would of 

 all others have longed to see. Only in Turin had he 

 indulged in the keen professional pleasure of long 

 talks with Mr. Giglioli and had made careful visits of 

 inspection to the University, the Museum and the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, the latter recently estab- 



