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left Norwood for Liverpool ; and on the following day 

 he embarked for Boston in the Cunard steamship 

 Catalonia. 



No " log " was kept this time, as the novelty of the 

 journey and subsequent experiences had worn off; and 

 the only records of the tour lie in the diary almost 

 always of the most sketchy and scanty description and 

 in the few letters which have been preserved. From 

 the former of these I gather that the weather this time 

 was of a much more satisfactory character than upon 

 the occasion of the first journey ; so much so, in fact, 

 that a large board was roughly painted, in order to act as 

 a substitute for the canvas drawing-screen, and a lecture, 

 on the Stickleback and the Great Water Beetle, given for 

 the benefit of the passengers on the evening of the 17th. 

 This was so successful, and so well appreciated, that a 

 second lecture was arranged for the 19th; but, as the 

 waves were then sweeping over the deck, and the 

 lecturer would have been quite unable to keep his 

 footing, it was postponed until the following day. As 

 soon as the corner of the Newfoundland " Bank " was 

 turned the wind lulled, and the lecture Part I. of " Ant 

 Life " was duly given ; and this was followed by the 

 second part on the evening of the 22nd. And early on 

 the morning of the 23rd the vessel anchored in Boston 

 Harbour, after an unusually slow passage of eleven 

 days. 



On the following day a visit was paid to the agent, 

 who promised great things, and undertook at once to 

 send out copies of the syllabus, &c., to all the leading 

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