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after. They let me work till six. I have things ready to photograph 
in the morning and leave for Geneva tomorro night. Kaddi's specimens 
are unusually good hut not a word of data! Only "Olyra pubescens nob." 
zum heispiel. I haven't found quite all hut hope I shall. Radcli 1 s a 
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art not kept apart and the way tillage are r a f erred would males- your 
hair stand on end. The attendant couldn't find Pariana — they did not 
invite me into the herbarium (possibly it is a store room) and genus 
numbers are not according to Angler and Prantl so I can't help him. 
I was so nervous after working at Horence I dreaded coming here, so 
it was blessed relief. I said we would be glad to send them American 
grasses, but no on@_ seemed to care about American grasses.- This 
morning, Sunday, I visited, the cathedral, campanile, baptistry and 
"oampo santo." That leaning campanile is a wonder. It would be ex- 
quisitely lovely if it wasn't out of pltrab. 'hlien I entered (fee 1 
lire) I staggered around before I could get my "balance. It gives one 
the queerest sensation, akin to seasickness. The subconscious brain 
(in the spinal cord, is it?) wouldn't be convinced that the thing s 
not going over. ly head was not in the least scared, but my knees were 
trembling shamefully when I reached the top. The view was glorious. I 
I think I saw the sea to the west, but it was misty and I wasn't sure. 
They were ringing the bells, i?our work, two together, turn about, and 
pull like fury. They ended by ringing two smaller bells of different 
notes in unison, then the smallest bell (only about 3fc feet) a short 
time. One of the riggers told something about the bells but I could 
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not understand. He played the scale by striking the bells with a 
monkey wrench. —The cathedral here answered to my preconceived ideas 
of a mediaeval cathedral. The one at Florence didn't. There is end 
less inlaid work of marble of different colors in design*, like old- 
fashioned bedquilts, and fine intricate carving, both extending far 
beyond where anyone could see clearly, it is so evidently a work of 
