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fix, however, definitely, this evening; and if you can call to- 

 morrow at Kent Terrace, or write me here, to say when you will 

 call, I will give final instructions. 



To the Same. LONDON, 2Qth Jutie 1864. 



MY DEAK EVANS, My sister and I are going to Kickmans- 

 worth this morning to look at the house you name. I have, 

 however, just bought eleven acres of land at Shoreham in the 

 valley of the Dart. The sale came off on Friday afternoon, and 

 the situation is so charming, and the opportunity so rare, that I 

 sent down Mr Ellis to bid for me. The drawbacks are that 

 there is not a drop of water, and scarcely an inch of soil on the 

 ground. It is a bare piece of chalk-down with a topknot of wood. 



Late in August he was at Walton -on -the -Naze, 

 where, as he remained several days with his sister Civil, 

 there was leisure to sketch sections and to visit locali- 

 ties within reach, such as Clacton, &c., where elephant 

 remains had been found. 



" Grays, Sept. 1864. With Austen and Tylor." 



The above brief entry precedes minute descriptions of 

 thirty-three localities. 



" Sept. 17, 1864. To Horshamand Petworfch," where 

 he was at work on the new line of railway ; then on to 

 Chichester and Bognor. 



While thus in vague and general terms indicating the 

 unswerving devotion to his favourite science how he 

 availed himself of every possible opportunity for its 

 prosecution, and how it absorbed so large a portion of 

 his daily life it must not be forgotten that the social 

 side of his life was a very full and active one. As years 

 went on the affectionate relations with his family never 

 relaxed. No week passed without at least one happy 

 little family meeting, either at one of his sisters' houses 

 or his own. He was not only a member of the Geologi- 

 cal Society Club, as previously noted, but also of the 



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