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 From Sir Thomas G. Cullum. 



My dear Sir James, Bury, Aug. 22, 1827. 



We have lost from our Society the Bishop of 

 Carlisle. I preserve one of his letters to me, bearing 

 date October 31, 1796, which I value much. At 

 one of the Linnaean dinners in May we were com- 

 paring our ages, and it appeared that the Bishop 

 was nearly two years below me ; he being born in 

 1 743, and I in 1741. When I looked at him at the 

 Linnaean Club at the Thatched House Tavern, I 

 was much concerned, thinking what an alteration 

 illness makes in a man whom I remember as strong 

 as Hercules. When I look at the private list of the 

 Linnaean Society in 1788, and the printed one in 

 1789, I will not express how few are alive ! 



I feel the infirmities of age creep upon me ; yet I 

 am thankful for the comforts I enjoy. That we may 

 soon meet in cheerful spirits and health, is the sin- 

 cere wish of your affectionate 



T. G. Cullum.* 



J. E. Smith to Sir T. G. Cullum. 



My dear Sir Thomas, Norwich, Sept. 4, 1827. 



Your letters are always peculiarly welcome, and 



I had long been wishing to hear from you. I need 



not say how much I lament the good Bishop of 



Carlisle. Dr. Latham and I are now the only sur- 



* The venerable baronet himself paid the debt of nature on 

 the 8th of September 1831, aged 90 years. 



