86 Drs Hoppe and Hornschuch’s Tour to the Coast of the 
doors and windows. Surely this people must have great warmth 
of constitution. 
“ It is said that the day before yesterday, in the evening, a 
man was stabbed and plundered in the street. He had pre- 
viously been openly counting his money in a public-house. As 
it is by such conduct a person is sure to attract attention, we 
thought it right, on the very same day, when, just out of the 
city, a number of labourers inquired of us what o’clock it was, 
to reply that we had no watch. Prudence is the parent of se- 
curity.” 
u Hundsberg , April 1 . — Qui bien commence a la moitie fait.” 
On the 1st day of March we visited Contobello: on the 1st of 
April we go to Saule. What botanist is not familiar with the 
name of this place, so rich in plants ? Sehwaegriehen has praised 
it pre-eminently. We went from our lodging in the direction of 
Trieste, traversed a great part of the city, and reached the road, 
to Istria, which we kept along for a considerable time. At first 
the way ascends among hills and stone-quarries, and, in general, 
passes through a sterile country ; where, however, as far as we 
could judge from the foliage, grew Artemisia, Centaur eas, Scro- 
plmlariae , Verbasca, &c. At length we saw the sea, and Saule 
on the right hand, towards which we hastened. The beach is. 
very flat and sandy, affording an excellent opportunity, which 
has been profited by, for the manufactory of sea-salt ; — this is 
done by dividing the land into compartments by banks, in which 
the sea-water is admitted, and left to be evaporated by the sun, 
when the salt is deposited. In such a country it may well be 
supposed that maritime plants are found abundantly ; and it is 
unfortunate for us that these all have the peculiarity of flower- 
ing in the autumn. Here we could distinguish the remains of 
Chenopodium, and Crithmum maritimum , Cakile maritima, Sta- 
tute Limonium, Inula crithmifolia, and Artemisia crithmifolia. 
We gathered some Conferva and Ceramia, and found besides a 
plant that greatly interested us, viz. another undescribed species 
of dandelion, Leontodon tenuifolium * nobis. It may appear 
strange to botanists that we should thus daily discover some new 
plant ; yet so it is. We well know, from our own experience, 
^ Figured also under that name in No. 41. of Sturm’s flora. 
