96 GEOEGE JOHN ROMANES isso- 



The vote of thanks was proposed by Professor 

 McKendrick. I was met by another storm of ap- 

 plause ; I began to feel quite overcome. But I said 

 a few words with all becoming humility, and then 

 Sir William summed up. 



Gateshead : November 1880. 



My news since yesterday is interesting. Mr. 

 Newall is Newall the astronomer, who has the tele- 

 scope of world-wide renown in fact, the largest 

 telescope in the world. It is mounted just outside 

 the house in a large dome-like building, and looks 

 like a small tower set horizontally on no end of 

 wheels and machinery. Yesterday night was, un- 

 fortunately, smoky. ... I do hope and pray there 

 may be some stars visible to-night, as I should dearly 

 like to see something through the monster. It is 

 such an irony of fate that the largest telescope in the 

 world should be mounted in the smokiest place in 

 the world. Mr. Newall himself is very nice, with 

 something about his appearance and manner which 

 faintly reminds me of Darwin. . . . 



My lectures went off very well of course \ The 

 dinner at the Logans was delightful. Bob 1 was there, 

 and kept the table in roars. He certainly is a genius 

 at telling a story. Carrie 2 was there also. She is 

 charming, and sings and plays delightfully. There 

 is a peculiar sweetness about her singing, or, as Bob 

 calls it, warbling, which gives one the same kind of 

 pleasure as listening to a skylark does. 



1 His cousin, Major Eoinanes, King's Own Borderers. 



2 Another cousin, Mrs. T. M. Murray. 



