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the Dean of Trinity. The large salon was filled with 

 ladies and gentlemen engaged with my work; my draw- 

 ings followed, and I showed them, but, oh, Lucy, how 

 tired I am of doing this. The Dean has, I think, the fin- 

 est family of daughters I have ever seen; eight blooming, 

 interesting young ladies; from here to Dr. Kidd, where 

 was another room full of company to see my drawings. 

 Among my visitors was Dr. Ed. Burton,^ who invited me 

 to breakfast to-morrow. 



MarcJi 28. Never since I was at the delightful Green 

 Bank, or at Twizel House have I had so agreeable a 

 breakfast as I enjoyed this morning. I was shown into a 

 neat parlor giving on a garden, and was greeted by a very 

 beautiful and gracious woman; this was Mrs. Burton. Dr. 

 Burton came in through the window from the garden ; in 

 a moment we were at table and I felt at once at home, as 

 if with my good friend " Lady " Rathbone. Dr. and Mrs. 

 Burton have an astonishing collection of letters, portraits, 

 etc., and I was asked to write my name and the date of 

 my birth as well as the present date. The former, I 

 could not do, except approximately, and Mrs. Burton was 

 greatly amused that I should not know; what I do know 

 is that I am no. longer a young man. A letter from Mr. 

 Hawkins told me Dr. Buckland^ was expected to-morrow, 

 and I was asked to meet him at dinner at his own house 

 by Mrs. Buckland. I dined with the Provost of Oriel and 

 nine other gentlemen, among them the son of the re- 

 nowned Mr. Wilberforce. 



March 29. To-morrow, probably, I leav'e here, and 

 much disappointed. There are here twenty-two colleges 

 intended to promote science in all its branches; I have 

 brought here samples of a work acknowledged to be at 

 least good, and not one of the colleges has subscribed. I 

 have been most hospitably treated, but with so little en- 



1 Edward Burton, D.D., 1794-1836, Professor of Divinity at Oxford. 



2 William Buckland, D.D., 1784-1S56, geologist. 



