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before the meeting of the college, I went to the 

 president's house in London, to inform him of 

 what was intended, being desirous that, although 

 such a notification was not required, it should 

 not afterwards be said, that an attempt had 

 been made to surprise the judgment of the col- 

 lege. I was told there that he was in the 

 country, at a considerable distance from Lon- 

 don, but that he was expected to return in a 

 day or two. Upon this, I wrote a letter at his 

 house, which I left there, to acquaint him with 

 the object of my visit. Three days after, how- 

 ever, I learned that he was still out of town, 

 and probably would not come to it till the day 

 preceding the meeting of the college. In con- 

 sequence of this information, I immediately sent 

 a letter to him in the country, to make known 

 what was meant to be done. On the same day 

 I called upon the officer of the college, whose 

 business it is to summon the fellows to their 

 meetings, and authorised him to acquaint those 

 whom he should see, that I was to be proposed 

 for examination. I gave the same information 

 myself to one fellow, my colleague, Dr. George 

 Fordyce. If I did not give it to more, this was 

 from fear, lest the doing so might be regarded 

 as an indirect solicitation of votes. Yet, not- 

 withstanding all this supererogatory care to ap- 

 prize the president and fellows of the college 



