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7:10 p.m. Just got la from the Delesrsert Kerb. Br. Briquet is ^ U8t 
as aioe ana Mud as we are to visiting botanists—could I put Lit mora 
strongly I — Ifl resume, aftor dinner . It is amazing how much I can 
eat after two days on next to nothing. I cashed as little Italian and 
French money as possible because 1 did not want any left over. Then I 
was afraid of not having enough for porters, etc., so I. had a break- 
fast of coffee, bread and an orange for 1 lire in Italy, and a supper 
of of the same (m5.nus the orange) at Ilodahe for 00 centimes French. 
They can't sell through tickets and they can't tell how much the rest 
of the fare is going to cost—besides one /ays for baggage separately 
and never knows what that will cost, so there isn't much to base an 
estimate on. I have a few useless lire left over and some French 
money I can use later. (1 find that they have "done"me again, giv- 
ing me local mtoey, not good In Pari s . 1 hive two Grenoble francs. ) 
I find that the price here, a little less than #2 a day includes 
meals— I thought it mi room only. I arranged to have lurch deduc- 
ted. Dr. Briquet said I could work right through from 8 to 6:20. 
Tk@ re is so much to tell and I am so tired (two nights out of bed 
and last night no sleep at all) I ought to go to bed. fhe DeCandolle 
herbarium has ccme to Deles ert, also its library. She herb, is to 
be closed— that is, kept apart just as it is. The duplicate books 
are being oatalagued to sell. Dr. Briquet said that now the Deles- 
sert library would be equal to that of the British Wm&m for bot- 
any, mm DC herb is inaccessible, woe is me, for there are things 
I hoped to find in it. It is packed and awaiting the erection o4 
an addition to the Deleeeert building, which I understand is to be 
begun soon.— Saturday night.-I have found some Bosc and 
several lei types. I guess I shall find Men types sprinkled around 
in this way rather than at Kflnlgsberg. He borrowed from ever^here 
-the things come back name* (every which way) but among Wctao- 
