346 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 



College, Oxford, in May, 1821, and went into residence in Easter Term, 

 1822, I do not find when lie took Ms B.A. degi-ee, but imagine it 

 was in 1826, and his M.A. degree I suppose about 1828. His B.M. 

 degree he took in July 1833, when he received a h'cense to practise. 



"I find that, in the Academical year 1824-25, he attended the fol- 

 lowing courses of lectures, in addition to the classical and mathematical 

 studies required for his degrees, viz. : 



" Dr. Daubeny's Chemical course; Dr, Kidd's first and second Ana- 

 tomical courses; Dr.Buckland's Geological course; M, Eigaud's (pro- 

 bably on Experimental Philosophy, but I do not find the subject men- 

 tioned) ; Dr. AVilliams's Botanical course. He attended very diligently 

 the practice of St. Bartholomew's Hospital for two years, from Fe- 

 bruary, 1827. He at the same time followed the courses of lectures 

 given at that hospital ; and pursued the study of anatomy by dissec- 

 tion. He acted also as dresser to, I think, the late Mr. Earle, for 

 twelve months, at that hospital. Amongst the Lecturers were Dr. Hue 

 on Cliemistry, Mr. Abernethy on Surgery, Mr. Lawrence on Compa- 

 rative Anatomy, etc. He never, however, practised the profession, 

 as he found the anxieties attending it were too oppressive for him ; 

 and he happily turned the knowledge he had so painfully acquired to 

 account in the pursuit of the studies in art and science, which he after- 

 wards so zealously cultivated. 



*' In November, 1830, he became a member of the Geological Society, 

 and in February, 1831, of the Geographical The date of his admission 

 to the Linnean I do not find, but I think it must have been anterior to 

 the others. He availed himself much of the Library of the British 

 Museum, and being elected to the Athenseum Club in 1833, had the 

 advantage of their excellent library. 



"As a boy and a youth he had a great passion for a military life, but 

 yielded to his parents' remonstrances, to take a University education ; 

 and he chose the medical profession, as embracing subjects most con- 

 genial to his tastes and pursuits. His range of study embraced archi- 

 tecture, sculpture, painting, and engraving, 



" He made almost annually some tour in furtherance of his pursmts. 

 In 1834-5 he travelled through north Italy, and to Home and Naples, 

 returning by Switzerland and the Ehine. 



"In the autumn of 1836 he visited Devonshire and Cornwall; in 

 the autumn of 1837, the west and south of Ireland (taking the lines by 



