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-take it by letter. I called on Prof. S'cacchiat the
University & saw a fine collection of Vesuvian
minerals. He gave me in charge for Prof.Dava
a variety 5 of Fer Oligiste from the lavas of 1880
which occurs in perfect octohardrous. & which
he has given a particular name. He also presented
^me^ with his large work which contains the 
day life of Vesuvius for the last five years, with
the results of many [analzaed] of Fumeroles &
Solfateras, made by himself & Mr. Sainte Claire
DeVille of Paris. I arranged att the University an
exchange of Paris fossils (which I am now packing)
for a complete suits of Vesuvian Minerals,
Lavas, Tops, Fofeiliferous blocks thrown out
of the crater (?) & c. I also made a little exchange
with a naval officer for 50 species of shells
which he had dredged in the Bay of Naples.&
then having bought a host of shells & echinaceas .
of the fisherman I took a little steamer to Sicily.
We passed very close under Stromboli, whose
cloud-capped cone rises directly out of the sea,
and passing through the Straits of Messina we
landed first at in Italy & then crossed
over to . At this latter place I spent
three days very pleasantly. I had much antic-
pated visiting , where is Prof. Gan
Etna- but my time upon the island was so
limited that I could do neither. I called at
Messina on Mr Luigi Benoit who is publishing
at his own expense a large work full of plates on
the Fenestrial & fluviatile shells of Sicily. He
gave me some Pliocene fossils from </uPalermo > & then
some curios from , of the single species
which is found in Sicily. I purchased some fine
Sulphus & Strontian in the town as also some
handsome digonants & other shells. I then packed
up May 14th a last, large box of specimens & took
the steamer for The Mediteranean
has often served me false.& so it did this time.
We were in a monstrous & stout steamer, but
when hours from Messina, the sea became
so terrible that the captain took us back to port
& waited until the storm was over. We then started
anew, passed through the starts of Bonifacis, &
reached Marseilles in 3 days. I then took the cars
north to Paris, stopping by the way to visit a fine
Museum of fossils at .

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-take it by letter. I called on Prof. S'cacchiat the University & saw a fine collection of Vesuvian minerals. He gave me in charge for Prof.Dava a variety 5 of Fer Oligiste from the lavas of 1880 which occurs in perfect octohardrous. & which he has given a particular name. He also presented ^me^ with his large work which contains the day life of Vesuvius for the last five years, with the results of many [analzaed] of Fumeroles & Solfateras, made by himself & Mr. Sainte Claire DeVille of Paris. I arranged att the University an exchange of Paris fossils (which I am now packing) for a complete suits of Vesuvian Minerals, Lavas, Tops, Fofeiliferous blocks thrown out of the crater (?) & c. I also made a little exchange with a naval officer for 50 species of shells which he had dredged in the Bay of Naples.& then having bought a host of shells & echinaceas . of the fisherman I took a little steamer to Sicily. We passed very close under Stromboli, whose cloud-capped cone rises directly out of the sea, and passing through the Straits of Messina we landed first at in Italy & then crossed over to . At this latter place I spent three days very pleasantly. I had much antic- pated visiting , where is Prof. Gan Etna- but my time upon the island was so limited that I could do neither. I called at Messina on Mr Luigi Benoit who is publishing at his own expense a large work full of plates on the Fenestrial & fluviatile shells of Sicily. He gave me some Pliocene fossils from </uPalermo > & then some curios from , of the single species which is found in Sicily. I purchased some fine Sulphus & Strontian in the town as also some handsome digonants & other shells. I then packed up May 14th a last, large box of specimens & took the steamer for The Mediteranean has often served me false.& so it did this time. We were in a monstrous & stout steamer, but when hours from Messina, the sea became so terrible that the captain took us back to port & waited until the storm was over. We then started anew, passed through the starts of Bonifacis, & reached Marseilles in 3 days. I then took the cars north to Paris, stopping by the way to visit a fine Museum of fossils at .