210 FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. (1839, 
lay before me, the green fields reaching up to the 
very gates. It was a lovely sight. I have never seen 
the like. It began raining very soon, however, and has 
rained all day, so that I have seen little. Philip, who 
understands German, has been confined to his room 
by illness. But as soon as I got my breakfast and 
was fairly fixed in my lodgings, which we found as 
difficult to get as if we were at New York at this sea- 
son (I am at the Gasthof zur Dreyfaltigkeit, a good 
and cheap house, and the head waiter speaks French), 
I took a guide to direct me to the Joseph-Platz, where 
the Imperial Library and Cabinet are, to find End- 
licher.! I found the man in his den, and the moment 
I put my letters into his hand he recognized Ben- 
tham’s writing and addressed me by name, Bentham 
having apprised him of my intended visit. Endlicher 
received me very cordially, and [ remained with him 
till two o’clock. He is extremely good-looking, and 
younger even in appearance than I expected, although 
Bentham told me he was about his own age; he looks 
about thirty-three. I had the pleasure to present in 
person the copy of the “ Flora” designed for him. 
The usual dinner hour here is from twelve to three. 
The common people dine at twelve, the gentry from 
two to four, the imperial family setting a good ex- 
ample by dining between one and two. After dinner 
I went to the police office to procure the necessary 
leave to remain here for a week or so, answered all 
the questions which are put in such eases to the trav- 
eler, such as where I stopped, how long I intended 
to stay, what my business was, produced my letter of 
credit, in order to show that I was not likely to run 
1 Stephen Ladislaus Endlicher, 1804-1849; ecired of pape in 
the University of Vienna; author of Genera Plant 
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