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till our names were called, had apparently caused 
our loss of the carriage which had been booked 
in our name. 
‘ The worthy Burgomaster’s countenance fell ; 
he raised his hands in deprecatory fashion, and 
declared it was all the fault of those “ Fran- 
zosische ; ” that they had violently appropriated to 
themselves vehicles in waiting in the Square, and 
that the order of “call” had been compulsorily 
suspended ; that every wheeled vehicle which 
Freiburg and its vicinity could contribute to the 
excursion was now occupied and on its way to 
Baden- Weiler. Outside the portal was a gentle- 
man on horseback, mopping his face in the hot 
sunshine ; he had acted officially in guiding the 
parties and starting their respective vehicles. 
This duty was appropriately volunteered and 
discharged, under unlooked-for difficulties, by the 
Professor of Obstetrics of the Freiburg Uni- 
versity. 
‘ My friend mildly remarked that the con- 
sequence of our proper behaviour was more es- 
pecially to be regretted, since his friend and him- 
self were professors who had travelled from the 
greatest distances to attend the meeting — Pro- 
fessor O. from Newcastle, North of England, and 
himself from Copenhagen. 
‘ Then ensued an animated discussion between 
the Freiburg Professor and the Burgomaster, 
which issued in the Professor putting spurs to his 
