104 PROFESSORSHIP OF GEOLOGY CHAP, iv 



Contour - lines of Cardiganshire, showing that the 

 hill-tops in the west formed a regular inclined plane 

 to the sea. I did not read, but spoke it. It was well 

 received by all but the Dean. 



' 2tyh. Sir Henry was in the chair to-day. I 

 spoke twice, and one time for Salter's benefit, showing 

 how far he was wrong in his conclusions touching 

 early life.' 



As it was now the end of the June quarter, and 

 the accounts had to be gone through, Ramsay came 

 up from Oxford to London, and spent two or three 

 days there, contriving as usual to crowd a good deal 

 both of work and of amusement into the time. 

 Let me cite in illustration the diary of only one 

 day. 



1 Z r( t Jufy> Wrought among the accounts, etc., all 

 day, and wrote Willie. At three went to Lady Shelley's 

 breakfast party. There was a most brilliant assem- 

 blage. I, however, only knew Lady Shelley, Barlow, 

 and Sir Philip Egerton. I was especially delighted 

 with the children. There were about fifty of them. 

 They looked so lovely, and were so elegantly dressed. 

 A harp and piano were brought out to the green, 

 and the children danced so gracefully. I left at five 

 to join the Red Lion dinner. We entertained the 

 Prince of Canino and several others, Dutch, Russian, 

 and Danish, making no difference in our ordinary fare 

 of beefsteaks, kidneys, toasted cheese, etc. We had 

 two jolly bowls of punch brought in after. Cooke 

 Taylor was in the chair, Forbes vice. Sir Henry De 

 la Beche sat opposite the Prince, on Taylor's left 

 hand. The foreigners of northern nations entered 

 into the fun with heart and soul, and though the 

 nephew of the Emperor Napoleon was wondrously 



