A tour through the Pyrenees . d themselves, turned themeat over on their plates, looked at it, and did noteat. They ordered tea a second time ; the tea didnot appear; the travellers were called for the coach,and the landlord demanded twelve francs. With-out saying a word, with a gesture of concen-trated horror, the head of the family paid. Then,approaching his wife, he said to her: It was yourwish, madam ! A quarter of an hour later thestorm burst forth : he poured his complaint into thebosom of the conductor. He declared that thecompany would fail if it changed horses at such apoisoners ; he
A tour through the Pyrenees . d themselves, turned themeat over on their plates, looked at it, and did noteat. They ordered tea a second time ; the tea didnot appear; the travellers were called for the coach,and the landlord demanded twelve francs. With-out saying a word, with a gesture of concen-trated horror, the head of the family paid. Then,approaching his wife, he said to her: It was yourwish, madam ! A quarter of an hour later thestorm burst forth : he poured his complaint into thebosom of the conductor. He declared that thecompany would fail if it changed horses at such apoisoners ; he trusted that disease would soon carryoff such dirty people. They told him that every-body in the country was so, and that they lived 438 BAGNERES AND LUCHON. Book IV. happily for eighty years. He raised his eyes toheaven, repressed his grief, and directed his thoughtstoward Carcassonne. FIFTH. Fifth variety ; rare : lea^ued day, at the foot of a damp rock, I saw aHttle lean man coming toward me, with a nose like. \-Zfo^-. v^ \ j^ an eagles beak; a hatchet face, green eyes, griz-zling locks, nervous, jerky movements, and some-thing quaint and earnest in his countenance. Hehad on huee gaiters, an old black, rain-beatencap, trousers spattered to the knee with mud, abotanical case full of dents on his back, and in his Chap. III. THE PEOPLE. 439 hand a small spade. Unfortunately I was lookingat a plant with long, straight, green stalk, and white,delicate corolla, which grew near some hiddensprings. He took me for a raw fellow-botanist. Ah, here you are, gathering plants! What, bythe stalk, clumsy ? What will it do in your her-barium without roots ? Where is your case ? yourweeder ? But, sir— Common plant, frequent in the environs ofParis, Paniassia palustris: stem simple, erect, afoot in height, glabrous, radical leaves petiolate(sheathing caulis, sessile), cordiform, entirely gla-brous ; simple flower, white, terminal, the calixwith lanceolate leaves, petals rounded
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