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himself, and had shown much acumen in arresting so 

 distinctly suspicious an individual ! 



Lecturing began again very soon after Christmas, 

 and the greater part of January was taken up by a tour 

 in the northern counties. February was a fairly busy 

 month, and March would have been so likewise, but for 

 an unfortunate slip upon a slide at Upper Norwood. 

 This resulted in an injury to the smaller bone of the 

 right leg, which was cracked, although not actually 

 fractured, and which for a time gave some little trouble. 

 In spite of the damage, however, my father continued 

 his tour for a few days, but, erysipelas supervening, was 

 compelled to relinquish his remaining engagements, and 

 return home for rest and nursing. In a few weeks, 

 however, he had recovered sufficiently to deliver a short 

 course of four lectures at Newbury, the population of 

 which, from being entirely apathetic, had now become 

 his warm admirers; and these brought the sixty-two 

 lectures of the session to a close. 



The following season that of 1887-88 was of 

 almost precisely similar character, although October 

 and November were especially busy months. Work 

 began on October 3rd, with a third visit to Ireland, 

 Armagh, Coleraine, and Belfast, being the towns 

 visited ; and sixteen lectures in all were delivered during 

 the month. Exactly the same number were given in 

 November; but, on the other hand, the December 

 engagements were only four in number, and those of 

 January, 1888, but five. Seven lectures were given in 

 February, six in March, and nine in the four following 



