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These are extracts from his diary : 

 < December SI, 1893.— So ends 1893. One of 

 the most sad of my life, from the loss of my two 

 dear brothers in April and July respectively, and 

 one of the most grievous to the best interests of 

 England from the depression of Agriculture and 

 Trade of all sorts, the disastrous and appalling 

 catastrophe of the "Victoria," the Coal Strike, 

 and the progress of Socialism and Anarchy. 

 Personally, in spite of our family griefs, I have 

 cause for infinite gratitude to Almighty God for 

 general good health of my C. and self, for the 

 splendid summer that allowed me to be out so 

 much, for the miraculous progress and recovery 

 of our dear sister M., and for the countless 

 everyday blessings that one thinks of too little 

 when young and active, but learns to value with 

 advancing years. I only humbly pray for more 

 thorough thankfulness and content for the New 

 Year. Ornithology has been much advanced. 

 In my own collection of live animals I have had 

 many deplorable losses, and some few valuable 

 acquisitions. I have, chiefly through the kind- 

 ness of Mr. E. A. Burton, of the Lodge, Daventry, 

 become possessor of some welcome additions to 



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