[{195}] The story of Tabachetti’s insanity and imprisonment is very doubtful, and it is difficult to make his supposed visit to Saas fit in with the authentic facts of his life. Cavaliere Negri, to whose pamphlet on Tabachetti I have already referred the reader, mentions neither. Tabachetti left his native Dinant in 1585, and from that date until his death he appears to have lived chiefly at Varallo and Crea. In 1588 he was working at Crea; in 1590 he was at Varallo and again in 1594, 1599, and 1602. He died in 1615, possibly during a visit to Varallo, though his home at the time was at Costigliole, near Asti.—R. A. S.
[{196}] This is thus chronicled by M. Ruppen: “1589 den 9 September war eine Wassergrösse, die viel Schaden verursachte. Die Thalstrasse, die von den Steinmatten an bis zur Kirche am Ufer der Visp lag, wurde ganz zerstört. Man ward gezwungen eine neue Strasse in einiger Entfernung vom Wasser durch einen alten Fussweg auszuhauen welche vier und einerhalben Viertel der Klafter, oder 6 Schuh und 9 Zoll breit sollte” (p. 43).
[{209}] A lecture delivered at the Working Men’s College in Great Ormond Street, March 15th, 1890; rewritten and delivered again at the Somerville Club, February 13th, 1894.
[{210}] Correlation of Forces, Longmans, 1874, p. 15.
[{230}] Three Lectures on the Science of Language, Longmans, 1889, p. 4.
[{234}] Science of Thought, Longmans, 1887, p. 9.
[{245}] Published in the Universal Review, April, May, and June, 1890.
[{259a}] Voyages of the “Adventure” and “Beagle,” iii. p. 237.
[{259b}] Luck or Cunning, pp. 170, 180.
[{260}] Journals of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology, vol. iii.), 1859, p. 62.