looking in nearly ovary geaus I gttQBB I guess he my have ted. His b -v 
specimens are equal to his hook. 1 snrmise that these arc not the 
"basis for his published work, hut are the material he was getting to- 
gether for the larger 'work giving species, which he mentions intsnd- 
lng to prepare in the introduction to the Essai. Fortunately he did 
not perpetrate this. -lis specimen^ are little scraps, sometimes two 
or throe mixed together. There- is seldom any data other than "ex dono 
Jussieu. " etc, I hare found a few of reel importance, hut most answer 
no purpose, so X am hurrying through, Br, B showed me Bcauvois hand- 
writing the first day so I can spot Ms things, ' He lent me a book with 
a hi o graphical sketch of Beauvois which I read. His collections in U. 
S, were lost at sea, hut he seems to have saved somehow, some of his 
African material, for 1 found the type species 'of his 3 ataxia and Oplis 
menus afrlcanus , Cware, coll, BeauvJ It la not 0. Burmaanii as Stapf 
said it was. It is hlrtellus or very close to it* 1 did not find Ich- 
nanthus pahiooidas noe Axoaopus aureus. Bn>, poox'-fes the ^eauvoia herb, 
is it will add to 'the work Miss tiles is going to publish on his Bs- 
sai.— What *itfc the rough handling at frontiers — there are always two 
to a day's journey— the poor old trunk split along the bottom hack 
edge and bulged out at one end, 1 was. afraid to trust it with the 
precious camera , so I bought a trunk in 'Pisa, cost .;)16. -IVe thought 
since I might possibly have had the old one mended— I feel lonesome 
for it. and things ticked to better advantage than' in this. Besides 
it was so easy to spot it with A^BOSSOiOGFr aeross" the top."" Shis is' 
like half the trunks at every frontier. Shay p\3.1ed the handle off 
my leather satchel. X had a new one put on here.— -I have- seen lit. 
Blanc fit did not show up till Saturday as 1 came back from the herb) 
and after supper X saw it' from my window pink in She alponglow. I 
have hoard the nightingale* Altogether this place is simply heaven- 
ly, I had the whole day on the lake Sunday, taking the G: 45 -boat 
and getting back about 7 p.m. Lac Lernan , they coil it here. It was 
