228 LIFE OF BENJAMIN SILLIMAN. 



being about to become permanently one of the Board who 

 will instruct and license the physicians of this State ; an 

 increase of salary which is, I trust, no very distant event, 

 and an increase of revenue from the chemical tickets, seem 

 to be necessary preliminaries to a matrimonial settlement 



Dr. Dwight and all the Faculty of College have 



at various times taken tea with me, and occasionally other 

 friends 



TO MR. G. S. SILLIMAN. 



YALE COLLEGE, December 10, 1807. 



MR. DAGGETT * and family have lately perused 



my journal with eagerness, if I may judge from the ra- 

 pidity with which they called for the volumes. I met Mr. D. 

 in the street the other day while he was perusing the work. 

 He stopped me, and, after requesting the remaining vol- 

 umes, added : " I observe you describe the manner of rap- 

 ping in London. I wish you would rap four or jive times 

 at my door." This rap, you will remember, is the gentle- 

 man visitor's rap. When he had finished the work, he de- 

 livered the last volume with a flattering note, thanking me 

 for the pleasure I had afforded him, saying that he had ac- 

 companied me with great satisfaction through every part 

 of my journey, and had learned many new and interesting 

 facts. The approbation of such a man is highly encourag- 

 ing and gratifying. I cannot, however, even commence 

 any great labor for some weeks, till the text-book is fin- 

 ished. The ladies affect to consider me as gone over to 

 irremediable celibacy ; but I do not perceive that they are 

 less polite than before. You see I egotize as much as 

 ever. I only wish I could do it by word of mouth. I re- 

 member with great satisfaction our many happy hours last 

 summer and fall, and do not entirely despair of their re- 

 turn But, at any rate, let us write frequently ; and, 



for my part, I promise to write as much folly as I would 

 * Hon. David Daggett. F. 



