258 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1891 



Jan. 10. Our thermometer outside the window again down to 

 6° last night. 



Jan. 12. A thaw. The frost returned very severely until the 

 22nd, which was a rapid thaw, but the frost returned the next day. 



Jan. 24 — 26. Major Robertson, R.A., was with us for meetings 

 (University-men — C. I. C. C. U. ). 



Feb. 14. The Rev. W. Madden came to us for some Sunday 

 addresses to Undergraduates. 



Feb. 18. A dinner, on the invitation of about eighty-five medical 

 and biological men, to Sir G. M. Humphry, on his knighthood, at 

 Downing College. 



March 5. A heavy fall of snow this morning. This was the 

 beginning of the great storm which was so severe in the south and 

 west, but only slight here. Constant cold until the middle of April, 

 and east winds afterwards. 



May 16. A heavy shower of snow. 



June 10. To Peterborough (where we met Canon Venables, and 

 the Dean took us into the Cathedral, which was not open) ; to 

 Crowland and Thorney ; then through the flooded Wash of the Nen 

 to Whittlesey, and back to Peterborough, to catch the train to 

 Cambridge. 



July 4. We drove to Wimpole, putting up at the " Hardwicke 

 Arms." We saw the church, and after lunch walked to Croydon, 

 visiting Arrington church by the way. In Arrington church there 

 are the remains of a piscina like that at St. John's College. The 

 walk to Croydon by the road commands a beautiful view all the 

 way. We returned by a footpath through the fields. We then 

 drove to Longstowe, where the churchyard is beautifully kept ; then 

 by Bourn to Caldecot, where there are fine old stalls in the chancel ; 

 to Toft, where there are some remains of elaborate figures in the 

 church, and home by Barton. 



July 10. We went to Sandford Park to visit Mrs. Gruest. 



July 14. There was a meeting in the house in support of Count 

 Campello, and Miss Ray spoke well, and also Canon Thornton. 



Aug. 15. To Braemar. 



Sept. 1. A stormy day after a very stormy night. Barometer 

 27-70 at 1160 feet elevation. 



Sept. 7. We went to Glen Lui Beg. A most beautiful day. 

 Sept. 10. We went with the Halliday Douglas party to Loch 

 Builg. A most splendid day. An Aurora Borealis at night. 



VENVOL 

 With two brief exceptions the entry of Sept. 10 closes the record 

 which during a whole life had been faithfully kept. This record 

 has been given, in accordance with the earnestly expressed wishes 



