SQ CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1840 



1840. Jan. 1. Left St. Margarets and went to Brockdish, to 

 the west of Harleston, to visit Whitear. 



Jan. 2. We went to Stratton on the Norwich road, to spend the 

 day with J. L. Brown, the curate of that place, and he returned 

 with us in the evening. 



Jan. 3. We and Brown walked to Wingfield Castle, an old seat 

 of the De La Pole family. The entrance gateway, and the side in 

 which it is placed is fine, but ruinous within. We also saw Wing- 

 field Church, which is very well worth a visit, from its beautiful, 

 perfect, and correct architecture ; and also several fine monuments, 



Jan. 5. Sunday. Walked to evening service at Starston, and 

 heard an excellent sermon from Mr. Spencer. 



Jan. 6. Went with Whitear (who is a Guardian), to the meet- 

 ing of the Board at the Union House at Pulham, and walked back 

 by Harleston. Went to tea at the Squire's house, Mr. Brettingham. 



Jan. 7. Walked to Broome, and called unsuccessfully upon 

 Mr. Kirby (Fellow of Clare Hall), and Eye. In Broome Church are 

 some monuments of the Cornwallis family, beautifully restored. At 

 Eye there are some slight remains of a castle, and a very fine church, 

 now undergoing repairs. 



Jan. 10. Penny Postage plan came into operation. 



Jan. 13. Dined at Mr. Brettingham's house. 



Jan. 14. Went to Brockdish Hall to see some Elizabethan 

 remains, but consider the house more modern, and uninteresting ; 

 also to Syleham Church, which is worth a visit. 



Jan. 16. Returned to Cambridge. 



Jati. 18. Degree Day. 



Feb. 3. Went to London and attended a meeting of Entomo- 

 logical Society. 



Feb. 4. Linnean Society. 



Feb. 5. Geological meeting. 



Feb. 6. Went to Mr. Forster's at Woodford, and the next day 

 returned to Cambridge. 



Feb. 18. Henslow spent the day in Cambridge, and I dined in 

 his company, with Sedgwick in Hall, at Trinity. 



Feb. 19. Ray Club met at my rooms. The Rev. Edward Hill, 

 of Ch. Ch., Oxon., came to the Ray ; he had not been in Cambridge 

 since the British Association meeting here. During the autumn I 

 was elected a member of the " Brotherhood of the Friends of Truth," 

 a society instituted for the purpose of combining all those who are 

 in pursuit after truth, in however many difi"erent ways, into one 

 body. (See letter of Edward Forbes, dated Dec. 20, 1839.) 



