224 CHARLES CARD ALE BABINGTON. [1877—78 



Oct. 23. We returned home. 



Nov. 20. Sir William Hill came to us for a meeting in aid of 

 the Zenana Misssion in the Guildhall, at which I presided. 



Nov. 22. The Rev. H. E. Brooke came to us, and helped at a 

 meeting of Undergraduates in the evening. 



1878. Jan. 20. Dined with the Vice-Chancellor in Clare College 

 Hall, to meet H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. 



Jan. 21. Attended the unveiling of the statue of the Prince 

 Consort in the Fitzwilliam Museum by the Prince of Wales ; also a 

 lev6e held by him in that building. 



April 1. Heavy snow last night, and the temperature as low 

 as 21°. 



April 4. The assistant curatorship of the Herbarium passed the 

 Senate by fifty to six. 



May 1. Stanley Howard came back to Cambridge from Australia 

 to keep this term and take his degree. 



May 7. A. Lukyn Williams, of Jesus, came with his bride to 

 spend a few days with us before his departure to take the headship 

 of Moore Theological College, in New South Wales. 



June 19. Mr. Jackson and Newbould came to botanize. We 

 were caught in a thunderstorm on the Gogs. 



July 16, 17. Assisted S. S. Lewis in conducting the Leicester- 

 shire Architectural and Archaeological Society to the special points 

 in Cambridge. 



Aug. 7. Went to Cockfield for the Suffolk Archaeological 

 Society's Meeting. 



Aug. 8. To the meeting at Clare, visiting Cavendish Church by 

 the way. Remarked the communion table standing free from the 

 wall, with a sort of reredos attached to it. At Clare visited the 

 Roman station, the castle, and the priory. 



Aug. 14. To Dovercourt. 



Aug. 17. Started for the Cambrian Archaeological Meeting at 

 Lampeter. Reached Shrewsbury. 



Aug. 18. Sunday. Went to St. Alkmund's Church in the 

 morning and the evening, and heard Mr. Wightman at the latter. 



Aug. 20 — 22. Excursions. 



Aug. 23. I went alone to hunt for a camp on the hills without 

 success. 



Aug. 24. Went to Abergwili to spend Sunday with the Bishop. 



Aug. 25. Sunday. Went in the morning to Christ Church, 

 Carmarthen, to hear Dr. Kerfoot, Bishop of Pittsburgh, who is 

 stopping at the palace. He also preached in the afternoon at 

 Abergwili Church. 



