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Heads nominated Dr. French (the next in order) and Dr. Ainslie, 

 omitting Dr. Lamb, who ought to have followed Dr. French (on 

 account of his not being a Tory). The result was that many of us 

 voted for Dr. Ainslie in order to show our dislike to such a trick to 

 deprive Dr. Lamb of his turn. Dr. French got the election. 



Nov. 5. Removed into new rooms, New Court, A 15, lately held 

 by Bromby, and looking out over the walks. 



Nov. 6. Dined at the "Eagle" with the members of the 

 Cambridge Philosophical Society. We had a very pleasant party, 

 and did not break up till ten o'clock. At the general meeting of 

 the Society, held this day, I should have been elected one of the 

 council but for the members not liking to have any more Johnians 

 on that body. 



Nov. 14. Henslow, Lingwood, and I went to the first turnpike 

 on the Wimpole Road to take the temperature of a newly-formed 

 spring there. It is one of those made by piercing the gault. 

 Temperature 52° F. Henslow remarked that that is about the 

 temperature of all similar springs near this town. 



Nov. 17. Attended a meeting at Mr. Bowstead's rooms at Corpus, 

 to vote an address to Mr. Connop Thirlwall expressive of our sorrow 

 at his being prevented from acting as tutor, and of our disapprobation 

 of the discussion of things not forming part of the duties of tuition 

 being made a cause for depriving a tutor of his office. 



Nov. 29. A meeting was called for 28th to take into consideration 

 the address to Thirlwall. Laing, Henslow, and I supposed that it 

 was this day, and went, and found that the meeting was over and 

 the address, much to our sorrow, burnt. 



Dec. 3. London. Holmes and I went to Mr. Lambert's and 

 saw a cone of a new species of Araucaria, weight four pounds. It 

 has very large strong spines to the scales. 



Dec. 6. Henslow, Laing, Hey, Lingwood and I went by the 

 footway from Grantchester to Haslingfield, and noticed the upper 

 Green-sand in four different localities, viz., a short time before 

 reaching the latter place we passed over a low ridge formed of 

 chalk, and having the sand apparent on each side of it ; also on the 

 return by Barton we saw the sand at a short distance on this side 

 of Haslingfield, near to the milestone. The chalk also appearing at 

 the same place we suppose it to be a continuation of the ridge passed 

 on our road to that place. The sand appears in great perfection by 

 the roadside on Barton Common. 



Dec. n. Laing and I traced the outline of the chalk from the 

 spring near Coton quite across Barton Common and over the fields 

 by Grantchester to the footway from Cambridge to the latter place. 

 We saw the upper Green-sand at Coton Spring, on Barton Common 

 (as on 6th), and in Grantchester Lane, near the road going into 



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