2 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1819—26 



Upon leaving Mr. Price's, I went to Dr. Knight's school, at 

 South Wraxhall Hall, Wilts. This was rather a large school, 

 consisting of more than forty boys. My father had removed to 

 Broughton GifFord, Wilts., in June, 1818. At Dr. Knight's school 

 I became acquainted with S. S. Brown, the son of J. T. Brown, of 

 Winifred House, Bath. About this time my father taught me 

 the elements of Botany from Lees' " Introduction," and Withoring's 

 " AiTangement," 



In 1821 I was removed from Wraxhall Hall and sent to the 

 Charterhouse, of which Dr. Eussell was then the Headmaster, I 

 was in the house of Mr. Lloyd, which was just outside the gate of 

 the Charterhouse, in the square. During the time that I remained 

 at that school (until Aug. 1823), I used often to spend my Sundays 

 at Mr. Brown's at Tooting, or at my cousin T. Babington's at 

 Hampstead. The school at that time consisted of about 480 boys. 

 In the summer of 1822 I had the whooping cough at school. 



Note by Dr. Joseph Babington : " The following year he had the 

 whooping cough at school. He has also had the chicken pox and 

 scarlatina, 1823. At the age of fifteen he was five feet seven inches 

 in height." 



Not getting on well with my learning, I was removed at my own 

 wish from the Charterhouse, and went to Mr. W. Hutchins' school 

 at 33, Grosvenor Place, Bath. My father and mother had removed 

 to 8, Hanover Street, Bath, in Sept. 1822, he being obliged to give up 

 clerical duties from the loss of the use of his legs. I remained with 

 Mr. Hutchins until I went to college, and got on pretty well with 

 my studies under him. At this school my acquaintance commenced 

 with Thos. Fortune, Heaviside, now Canon of Norwich, and several 

 others. During the years that I was at that school, as a day scholar, 

 I formed an intimate acquaintance with the neighbourhood of Bath, 

 and began to study its botany, and to collect plants and insects. 

 In the month of July 1825 the thermometer registered (at the back 

 of the house in Hanover Street) 89° on the 17th, 87° on the 18th, 

 and on the same day it stood at 92° at Walcote Parade. 



1825. Nov. 2. I ordered the first and second volumes of Smith's 

 "English Flora" of Collings the bookseller, of Saville Kow, Bath, 

 and received them on the 7th together with the third volume. 



Nov. 4. I first began to study Greek plays, "Philoctetes" of 

 Sophocles. 



Nov. 13. Saw Mr. Wilberforce for the first time. He called 

 upon my father. 



Nov. 19. I dined with Mr. Wilberforce at 1, Queen Square. 



1826. April 5. Sat for a likeness to be taken by Mrs. Hoare 

 in pencil. She also took pencil sketches of my father and mother 

 (which I still have, 1873). 



