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feet in a very threatening manner. I put it into the cage with 

 my other hawk and rabbit. My old hawk stared at it, but did 

 not oflFer to come near it. The rabbit sraelled it all over, and to 

 this reception he seemed quite indifferent. He was not long till 

 he mounted the stick where my hawk was sitting, but seemed to 

 avoid it. When I gave it meat it struck and bit furiously, but 

 now and then when he bit my fingers I gave him a mouthful of 

 meat. After he had swallowed a few pieces he began to be more 

 quiet and docile. 



The diaries between this date and July, 1838, are awanting. 

 Commencing again at the latter date, there are some interesting 

 entries. 



20th July. — Went to fish up Cample with J. Hunter. Did not 

 get any fish, the day being fiery with heavy thunder showers. 

 He read some of his poetry. It appeared to be rather meagre in 

 ideas, and had rather little sense. The verse seemed correct. At 

 Cample saw the Bamex Alpinus, but near a house. 



25th July. — Fished for pike, but did not see any ; fished for 

 par, and caught nine and one burn trout. 



27th July. — Started in the morning at six with J. Hewetson to 

 fish in Scar. Went by Eccles. Found, for the first time in 

 Dumfriesshire, above the Eccles woods, the Habenaria viridis. 

 Went up Scar as far as Dalzean ; that is at the Four Towns. 

 Fished down to near the Upper Schoolhouse, and caught ten burn 

 trout, one with the minnow. Found the Campanula latifolia. 



29th July. — Took a cast in lead from the mould of the monkey's 

 hand. It is one I took from a specimen that died in Wombwell's 

 Menagerie while in Edinburgh in 1837. 



1st September. — Worked in the Garden. Some potatoes which 

 had been planted whole, with all the eyes destroyed by means of 

 a hot iron, except one, were partly raised to day. The produce 

 from a single shaw averaged about 12 or 14. Some had as many 

 as 18, while others had nine. The potatoes were very large and 

 fine. They came decidedly faster forward when thus treated 

 than in the ordinary way. 



17th September. — Worked. Put up a specimen of two round 

 worms found in the duodenum of the cat. Went to Thornhill, 

 and agreed with J. Hunter to go to Leadhills on Wednesday. 

 Saw his Minerals, and got a specimen of coarse granite. It had 

 come from some part of the Highlands as ballast in a ship. 



