1833—34] JOUENAL— BATH. 19 



Dec. 11. Went to Mr, Stephens' and made extracts for my 

 paper on Dromius. 



Dec. 12. Started from Westwood's, near the fourth milestone 

 from Hyde Park Corner, at twenty minutes past eight a.m., and 

 arrived at Bath at half-past eight p.m. 



Dec. 13. Am now reading Burckhardt's "Travels in Syria." 



Dec. 14. I, this day, commenced reading the "Familiar Letters 

 and Miscellaneous Papers of Dr. Benjamin Franklin." I determined 

 to read a part of Rollin's " Roman History " in French every day, 

 to commence on Monday next. 



Dec. 17. Commenced reading the "Life of Sir W. Penn," by 

 Granville Penn, having finished Dr. Franklin's "Letters," with 

 which I am much pleased. 



1834. Jan. 1. This day is published my "Flora Bathoniensis," 

 price Is. %d. ; or, with a map of the country round Bath, 2s. 



Jan. 20. Attended a meeting at Collings' Library, for the 

 purpose of preparing for founding an Horticultural Society at Bath. 

 I also added my name to the list, prepared by Mr. Goodrich, for a 

 Botanical Garden, to consist of forty members. 



Jan. 23. Commenced reading Niebuhr's "History of Rome." 



Jan. 31. Attended a public meeting at Sydney Gardens to form 

 a "Bath Horticultural and Floral Society." I seconded the third 

 resolution for the appointment of a patron. 



Feb. 1. I walked this day with Mr. Stuart Menteath to Claverton. 

 We saw in flower the laurel, elm, etc., and heard the blackbird sing. 



Feb. 3. Found this day on Claverton Down Helleborus foeiidus, 

 nearly quite out of flower ; saw also in flower the nut, and Geranium 



Robertianum. 



Feb. 17. I saw to-day the Mercurialis perennis in flower, and 

 Col. Stone told me that his apricot, peach, and nectarine trees had 

 been in flower for three or four days. 



Feb. 26. Started at 7 p.m. inside the "Monarch" coach for 

 London, arrived in town at 8.30 a.m. Dined at Mr. Christy's. 

 Met Lord Mountmorres and Mr. Hooker, a botanist. In the 

 evening a large conversazione, at which were most of the London 

 naturalists of my acquaintance. 



March 1. Called at Rev. F. Hope's, and obtained from him the 

 loan of specimens of Dromius sigma from the continent, and also 

 from Aberystwith, for description in my paper on that genus. 



March 3. Went to Linnean Society and examined works upon 

 Dromius. Meeting of the Entomological Society in the evening. 



March 6. Started at 10 by the "Telegraph" coach from Charing 

 Cross, and arrived at Cambridge at 3. 



