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rangement of specimens, &c., and for a little rest. It was, 

 however, a fatiguing service. Both lectures were in the 

 forenoon, and after the second lecture I often found an 

 hour's repose at home quite necessary. 



The extra course given to ladies and strangers was sat 

 isfactory, and was continued several years, but I did not 

 attempt again to lecture twice in the same morning, but 

 took a different hour, or gave the extra course after the 

 July examination. 



After a few years, however, I relinquished the extra 

 course and transferred it to my son, who gave it for several 

 years more, on his own account. 



