124 LORD LILFORD 



glad to hear of your success with the collection 

 at the British Museum.' 



To the same. 



' SS. " Glowworm," Dartmouth : July 24, 1882. 



1 1 have been down in these well-beloved parts 

 for some ten days ; the weather has for the most 

 part been very mild and wet, and I have only 

 been able to get out twice to the whiting grounds, 

 but on my way hither from Torquay we caught 

 eleven Ling weighing 200 lbs. The Mackerel 

 and Bass are evidently waiting for fine weather 

 to come in along the shores. In the meanwhile, 

 by the unbounded hospitality of Sir Henry Seale 

 and his family, I have a most delightful home 

 ashore, about two miles from Dartmouth, high 

 up, with lovely views. I am, thank God, better 

 than I have been here for years ; add to this 

 that Devon is my favourite province, that there 

 is a very tame Scops Owl presented by me to one 

 of my fair friends in the house, and three young 

 Blue Eock Thrushes, a Grey Lag Goose, and a 

 Herring Gull from the Mediterranean on board, 

 and you will judge for yourself as to my happi- 

 ness. I need not say how the said happiness 



