7, 58.) TO R. W. CHURCH. 571 
dred miles distant. One of those rare occasions, well- 
timed for us, we enjoyed the next morning before 
sunrise, and again in the afternoon. All that day 
(Wednesday) we enjoyed the place and its surround- 
ings, and the pleasant society of Mr. and Mrs. Hanbury. 
They are much liked by the people of the hamlet and 
district, for whom they are doing a great deal, estab- 
lishing a school for girls, with the hearty codperation 
of the curé. Wednesday, after dinner, this good-will 
of the neighborhood was shown in a truly Italian way. 
The siteccsite of Ventimiglia, having some business 
relative to land to transact with Mr. Hanbury, stayed 
to dinner, and then asked permission to read and 
present a poem which he had composed in compliment 
to Mrs. (Catherine) Hanbury ; it being St. Catherine’s 
Day. It was delivered with Italian grace and fervor, 
and an Italian lady, now one of the family, told us 
that the versification was very choice. Thursday, the 
grounds and house were thrown open, and a collation 
provided for all the English people at Mentone that 
Mr. Mogegridge chose to conduct. Earlier I walked 
over to Mentone to make some calls, especially upon 
young Moggridge,! whom you know, and who, I am 
sorry to say, had been seriously ill, and was still con- 
fined to his bed. I found him busy over the flowers 
and plants which his most attentive and energetic 
father brings to him from all the mountains around, 
cheerful and happy, but I fear he will hardly be able 
to complete his illustrations of the botany of Men- 
tone. Late in the afternoon, after enjoying the picnic, 
a carriage took us to Mentone, and thence to Monaco, 
1 John Traherne Moggridge, 1842-1874; a keen naturalist. Wrote 
on the botany of Mentone, and on trap-door 
