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Acland of saintly memory. The house taken was that 

 at the corner of Holy well and Broad Street, its recom- 

 mendation being that it was within two doors of Dr 

 and Mrs Acland. When the wife of our Professor ex- 

 pressed regret at their not having succeeded to the 

 pretty Museum villa which had been occupied by Pro- 

 fessor Phillips, instead of confessing to disappointment, 

 he declared (and he was so true) that he much pre- 

 ferred not having the Museum residence that it would 

 be selfishness to hold two such good houses as it and 

 Darent-Hulme. 



Just before this (June 26th), he had had the pleas- 

 ure of receiving the members of the Geologists' 

 Association at Darent-Hulme, when their excursion 

 happened to include Well Hill and the ground in the 

 near neighbourhood. 1 Breaking up the party into 

 two sections, the one half made way for the other, so 

 that all were rested and refreshed. The sun shone out 

 brilliantly, the picturesque highlands of Kent looked 

 their best, and the day at least for the entertainers 

 was a very happy one. 



Preparations for Oxford had to be made so as to be 

 in residence there during the October term. Prest- 

 wich was about to begin a new life and altogether 

 new work, yet although unaccustomed to lecture to 

 students, he was conscious that the Professorial duties 

 would be altogether congenial, and he began without 

 delay to shape out the course of instruction for his 

 class. This girding himself for the duties of the 

 Oxford chair did not, however, interfere with further 

 geological observations which he had in view. 



Ilfracombe in North Devon was the centre, in 

 August, whence explorations were made along that 



1 See Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. iv. p. 155. 



