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than the flower, and the afternoon was not long enough to 

 collect all the interesting species that presented them- 

 selves. 



On June 14 Ball crossed the Strait from Tangier to 

 Gibraltar in the ordinary small steamer. While awaiting 

 conveyance to England he was detained three days, which 

 were made short and agreeable by the hospitality of Sir 

 W. Fenwick Williams, then governor of the fortress, and 

 returned to England by a steamer bound from Calcutta to 

 London, via the Suez Canal. 



Our large collections reached England by the Lady 

 Havelock, which arrived only about the end of June, and 

 these, as well as the cases containing sundry purchases 

 made in Marocco, were all in good condition.' 



' As a general rule packages sent by English ships are rarely 

 tampered with, unless they happen to contain wine or spirits, in 

 detecting which the British seaman shows a marvellous readiness. 

 When leaving England Hooker had carried out a nest of wooden cases 

 intended for sending home living plants. In the innermost of these 

 he had with his own hands placed two bottles of brandy as a, provision 

 for the journey. The lid of the inner box was screwed down, and this 

 placed within the next, which was also screwed down, and this again 

 within another. When the cases, seemingly untouched, were opened 

 at Mogador, the brandy had disappeared. 



