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CONCERNING THE VARIOUS WAYS AND 

 PLACES IN WHICH THE DOCTOR 

 SPENT HIS TIME FROM 1850 TO 1862 



In 1850 George Kingsley became private physician 

 to the first Marquis of Aylesbury, and he afterwards 

 attended in a similar capacity the Duke of Norfolk, 

 the Duke of Sutherland, and the first and second 

 Earls of Ellesmere. He was then in possession of 

 all the enthusiasm and vigour of his early manhood, 

 mind and muscle alike rejoiced in activity, and he 

 devoted his leisure not merely to shooting, salmon- 

 fishing, and deer-stalking, sports that he followed 

 with the keenness of the born hunter, but also to 

 literature and scientific research. Undoubtedly 

 during the twelve years of this period, from 1850 to 

 1862, the powers of his intellect and the diversity 

 of his interests in life were more vividly displayed 

 than at any subsequent time, and the work that he 

 did seemed to promise for him in the future a career 

 of great brilliancy and distinction — a promise which, 

 unfortunately, was never entirely fulfilled. His love 



