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It rained hard all the morning, so that botanizing 
was out of the question. So I put my collection of 
yesterday in press; visited Biasoletto,! and after 
dinner met Tommasini,? who has given me a very 
pretty collection of plants of the country. ‘ 
Vienna, 24th May, Friday evening. 
The great féte of the Grotto of Adelsberg, of which 
I wrote you, was to take place on Monday afternoon. 
Mr. Philip, the painter, and myself took a carriage to 
that place and arrived in good time, and saw this very 
strange grotto with greater advantage and under more 
curious circumstances, I suspect, than was ever done 
by an American before. I had all the next day before 
me, as the coach from Triest did not arrive till evening. 
My companion was taken somewhat ill and kept the 
house, while I took my portfolio and walked through 
the fields of this retired valley to a bold and high 
mountain range, more distant than I had calculated 
on ; climbed the rocks with much difficulty ; enjoyed a 
charming prospect from the summit ; filled my port- 
folio with plants; got back about five o’clock, regu- 
larly tired and hungry, and just had time to eat my 
dinner and secure my specimens before the coach 
came from Triest. We took our places just at dusk, 
Tuesday evening, and have been on the road day and 
night, stopping just long enough to take our meals, 
until this morning ; when at early daylight, just as I 
opened my eyes from such sleep as one might catch 
after three consecutive nights of such Scnndincaincnit, the 
vale of the Wien and the beautiful city of Vienna 
asoletto, M. D., 1793-1858. ‘Triest. “A botanist of merit 
B. Bi 
une investigator of Alue of the Adriatic ” [A. G 
2M. J. Tommasini, 1794-1879. _Triest. pee of a Botany of 
* Mt. Slayonik, Istria. 
