atly enjoyed frequent
excursions, either on foot or bicycle, with him into the mountains.

Always, when one is very happy, time seemingly flies on the wings of
the wind, and it was very doleful when the end of the visit
approached, and I had once more to go into the stuffy trains.

I visited the palmy and golden Monte Carlo, where one need not be an
alchemist to convert silver into gold (or gold into nothing). This
spot seemed the most lovely of all. Yet on my arrival there the hail
and snow fell heavily, and all the lovely flowers in the parks were
protected by coverings. This was the only day that was overcast.

I also paid a short visit to Nice, and saw M. de Villemain, the
Secretary of the Group.

In Nice, also, I lost my pocket-book, containing a beautiful poem and
many notes for this Gazette!

On March 25, before mid-day, I reached Beaune (Cote d'Or, not
Algeria, whither the porters tried to send me). On the station
platform the green star was in evidence, and I made the acquaintance
of M. Cyrot, the Secretary of the Group. We went out together, and
lunched with the Committee; once again I enjoyed the hospitality of
Esperantists.

Later we visited the remarkable _Hostel Dieu_ and its wonderful
painting of the Last Judgment, we scrambled up into the Belfry, and
went into the Park, and learned something of _trout which eat swans_!

At dinner a very amusing occurrence caused much laughter. In the
Hotel we always spoke Esperanto, but suddenly someone said a phrase I
could not understand. Even the second time it was incomprehensible.
Finally, I learned that the unrecognised words had been said in
English! Here is an interesting fact for those who think that the
difficult English language must be used for a key language.

After dinner we went off together to the Lycee, where M. Mathouillet
holds an Esperanto course, and I met yet a further group of
Esperantists. Beaune is a centre of the wine trade in France, and M.
Deschamps, a committee member of the Group, has thought out a new way
of illustrating the Esperanto participles with the help of the
bottle. On a large sheet of paper are depicted three men, the first
holding in his hand a bottle of Beaune wine. He is _about to drink_,
and the wine is _about to be drunk_. The second individual has raised
the bottle to his mouth. He is _drinking_, and the liquor _is being
drunk_. But the third man, with very gay physiognomy, is dancing with
an empty bottle in his ha