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this trip were given in a remarkable memoir in the Geological 

 Survey of India (vol. v.), with sections, fossils, etc. In the follow- 

 ing year he started again for the hills, and after one of the most 

 extended and fatiguing journeys ever accomplished in one season, 

 and crossing almost all the principal passes, and many " minor 

 passes about 18,000 feet in elevation," the trip extending over more 

 than six months, he returned to Calcutta. The wonderful energy 

 and zeal of Stoliczka enabled him to go through this, but, as he 

 feelingly says himself, " after a horrible experience of hill travel- 

 ling." Still the exertion and exposure was too great for him, and 

 he was for many months after extremely unwell, and though never 

 interrupting his work, only able to go on with difficulty and suffer- 

 ing. In the, spring of 1867, the only chance of his permanent 

 recovery appearing to be a visit to Europe, and cessation of work 

 for a time, Dr. Oldham took him with him for a six months' tour, 

 During this time they visited most of the principal collections of 

 geology in Europe, and he thus made the acquaintance of many till 

 then unknown to him. Everywhere he studied these European 

 collections with vivid interest. During this trip with Dr. Oldham, 

 the extensive series of fossils collected by Prof. Klipstein, Giessen, 

 was secured for the Calcutta Museum. 



Eeturning about the end of the year to Calcutta, he resumed his 

 work, with greatly improved health, though still far from strong. 

 But each season appeared to add . to his vigour, and he continued to 

 improve in strength. During the succeeding years he made several 

 minor trips to Burmah, Penang, Singapore, the Andaman and 

 Nicobar Islands, to Darjellng, etc., invariably bringing back valuable 

 contributions to the natural history of the places visited. In 1871 

 he spent the cold season and part of 1872 in Kutch, which he care- 

 fully examined palseontologically under many difficulties. He was 

 able to establish several very imjDortant sub-divisions in the rocks 

 there, and to fix their relations to European groups ; and he brought 

 back a very extensive collection of fossils. This series was in actual 

 preparation for publication when he left Calcutta, and already a 

 commencement had been made with the Cephalopoda by Dr. Waagen, 

 his colleague. In the early part of 1873 he made a trip to the 

 Andaman Islands, the Nicobars, etc., when he was very nearly lost, 

 his eagerness of research leading him too far into the forest, from 

 which he was only recovered after a long search by his companions 

 in the trip. When he started on this trip, his longing hope was to 

 visit his old colleagues in Vienna during the Exhibition in 1873, 

 and all arrangements had been made for this. But on his return, 

 finding that it was intended to despatch an envoy to Kashgar, to 

 return the visit of the Yarkand envoy to the Viceroy in India, his 

 love of travel and research was all rekindled, and he tried eagerly 

 to seize such an opportunity of seeing countries rarely visited by 

 Europeans, and regarding which so little was known. He at once 

 abandoned all prospects of coming to Eui'ope, and prepared for the 

 journey. After considerable delay the party started, rather later in the 

 year than is desirable, to cross the snowy passes. Dr. Stoliczka suf- 

 fered very severely in this inclement and severe exposure, and it was 



