148 Journal of a Tour to the Coast of the Adriatic Sea , fyc. 
to the cattle dragging the heavy loaded waggons from a great 
commercial city. 
“ Here, then, we have arrived at one of our first main points 
of destination, after having travelled a distance of 170 hours in 
the space of twenty-one days. 1 ’ 
“ Some days were occupied by our travellers, in delivering 
their letters of introduction at Trieste ; in securing a convenient 
lodging, which they did at Hundsberg, a short walk from the 
city; and in preparing materials for collecting and preser- 
ving the various specimens of natural history which they hoped 
to obtain. Still more time was lost by the badness of the 
weather, and unusual lateness of the season. The almond-tree, 
which usually blossoms at Trieste in the middle of the month of 
February, was now scarcely in flower at the latter end of it. 
In the market, indeed, were some hyacinths, violets, narcissuses, 
and jonquils. Our authors employed a part of the time they 
were thus detained, in writing, for the benefit of other pedestrian 
botanical tourists, an account of the dress which they wore upon 
their excursion. Linnseus did not disdain to employ his pen on 
a similar subject ; and, if the two accounts be compared, it will 
be seen that, in point of convenience, if not of cleanliness, the 
under-dress of the German naturalists is to be preferred to the 
leathern breeches, round wig, half shirts, and false sleeves of the 
immortal Swede. 
“ A pair of new, woven, mixed-grey cotton stockings is an es- 
sential article. They are loosely tied under the knee, with elas- 
tic knitted garters, fastened by a loop. An under waistcoat of 
wool, knitted, or of English flannel, must go over the body. 
Long linen drawers, extending to the ancle, and there fastened 
by a broad ribband over the stockings, and buttoned above, to 
the waistcoat, to prevent their falling down, together with a co- 
loured neckcloth, form the entire of the under-dress. This is not 
to be taken off during the i whole journey y not even at night, and 
has the following important advantages : — We are protected in 
dirty beds from contagious diseases, as well as from the attacks 
of entomological productions inhabiting such places. We have a 
warm covering in scanty beds and cold rooms, and lose no time 
in removing this part of the dress at night, or by putting it 
on in the morning. For the upper dress, stockings of the same 
