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April 22. A very fine Aurora Borealis this evening ; I saw it 

 from the Clare Hall bridge. 



April 27. Election of Public Orator. Crick has a majority of 

 forty-one over Thorp. 



May 6. St. John's Feast. The Eev. M. Prickett dined with 

 me in Hall. 



May 10. Henslow found Ranunculus parviflorus at Bourn. 



May 11. The election of an Architect for the new Library, 

 The three who had sent in plans were Wilkins, Rickman, and 

 Cockerell. The numbers were R. 9 ; W. 0; C. 60. 



May 15. An eclipse of the sun, nearly annular; the day very 

 fine. 



May 19. Walked to the Cogs, but found nothing. The plants 



usually in full flower did not show themselves at all This 



evening attended a Geological Lecture by Sedgwick, to the Mechanics' 

 Institute, in the great room at the Red Lion. He lectured for two 

 hours. 



May 20. Botanical party to Gamlingay; started at 8 o'clock, 

 reached that place at 11. Worked at Entomology till 3.45, and took 

 numerous specimens of Aphanisticus pusillus, Cassida sanguinolenta, 

 and Ghrysomela fufipes. 



May 28. Henslow and I walked to Cherry Hinton and Fulbourn ; 

 at the latter place we found Arenaria tenuifolia in flower on the 

 churchyard wall. In a pit there plenty of Hippuris, and Equisetum 

 limosum, and palustre. 



June 7. Went with Lowe to Haslingfield ; we found Eanunadus 

 hirsut'iis on Barton Common, near to the town, E. parviflorus by the 

 road side (left hand) at about half-a-mile from Haslingfield, Lemna 

 gibha just beyond Barton, and Lonicera caprifolium near the foot road 

 to Haslingfield, not far from that place in a small thicket. 2 p.m. 

 Whitear came ; he and Laing dined with me, and Holmes came in 

 unexpectedly. 



June 10. Whitear and I went to London. I worked at the 

 Indian Herbarium at the Linnean. 



June 11. We inspected the plans for the New Houses of Parlia- 

 ment. Returned to Cambridge. 



June 15. We went to SwafFham with Henslow to go into the 

 fens below Reche. Found Liparis Loeselii in plenty, also Chara 

 hyali'aa and numerous other plants. 



June 17. Left Cambridge for the summer. 



June 20. Left Birmingham, and passing through Tamworth, at 

 which is a fine old but inhabited castle, and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 

 reached Thringstone. M, D. Babington's house is very well placed, 



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