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18th June. — On Sunday I attended service in the 

 Protestant church, a large and fine building, which 

 was well filled. A part of the royal family are Pro- 

 testants, but the king himself is a bigoted Catholic. 

 The interior of the church is made to resemble a 

 Catholic chapel as much as possible ; the altar has a 

 picture behind it, and a small crucifix stood upon the 

 reading-desk. There was a very short liturgy, and 

 singing in which all the congregation took part, as is 

 always the case in Germany. The sermon which fol- 

 lowed may have been very orthodox for all I know, for 

 I could understand but a few words of it. I spent the 

 remainder of the day in ray own room. . . . 



Tuesday evening. — This morning I went to the 

 cabinet of botany, to the library, and after dinner to 

 Martins ; looked over his Carices, etc. "We then walked 

 to the Garden, and afterward to the establishment 

 for telescopes, etc., of the successors of Fraunhbfer, 

 where I bought a very pretty little achromatic glass 

 and a simple lens ; looked at his workshop and collec- 

 tions, etc. . . . 



It is so long since I have seen your handwriting 

 that I might forget it, but I met with it to-day very 

 unexpectedly, you would never guess where! Even 

 on labels of Carices in Martins' herbarium. After I 

 get to Switzerland I shall count days until I see Eng- 

 land again, from which there are but two steps home, 

 on board a ship, and off again. 



Zurich, June 22, 1839. 

 In the afternoon I called on Dr. Schultes, who of- 

 fered me a pretty little parcel of Egyptian plants. 

 Made up my parcels and left them with Martius, to be 

 sent, with the things that he and Zuccarini are to add, 



