196 LIFE OF SIR JOHN LUBBOCK oh. 



Bank Holiday, at the three London termini of 

 his railway. He enclosed a copy of the report, 

 forwarded by the manager, adding that " As the 

 patron saint of these festivals, he is sure Sir 

 John will be glad to know, from so official a 

 source, of the increasing sobriety of the ' cheap 

 tripper,' and will be glad to add to his collection 

 of papers on Bank Holidays so valuable and 

 reliable a bit of evidence." 



The said report is contained in the following 

 letter : 



South Eastern Railway, Superintendent's Office, 

 London Bridge Station, 

 April 6th, 1883. 



Dear Sir — Referring to your instructions for obser- 

 vation to be kept on Easter Monday with respect to 

 the sobriety of passengers ; I beg to inform you, that at 

 Charing Cross, throughout the day, there were only 

 three persons noticed to be under the influence of drink, 

 and they walked away without troubling any one. 



At Cannon Street, only one person, during the day, 

 was noticed not to be sober. 



At London Bridge, there were two persons, from 

 early morning until midnight, noticed to be similarly 

 affected. — Yours truly, E. J. Sears. 



Miles Fenton, Esq., General Manager. 



On April 7 Mr. Gladstone again was at High 

 Elms for the Sunday, and Sir John notes that he 

 told them that of the electors who originally 

 voted for him at Newark, sixteen only remained. 

 It shows how closely he watched his old friends. 

 Mr. Gladstone was much interested in the doings 

 of a puppy with which Sir John was working, 

 trying its intelligence. One of his experiments 

 was to conceal dainties behind a piece of card- 

 board on which " Food " was written, in large 





