CHAP. xvi. LANDING WAITER AT FOWEY. 249 



Some of the gentlemen who attended the meeting at 

 York, and especially Dr. Buckland, in their admiration 

 for the character of Mr. Peach, proposed to do some- 

 thing for his promotion in her Majesty's service. Dr. 

 Buckland wrote to Sir Robert Peel on the subject. The 

 reply was, that there were no openings at the time, but 

 that the application of Dr. Buckland on behalf of Mr. 



CHARLES PEACH'S HOUSE, FOWEY. 



Peach should be kept in mind. At length the pro- 

 motion came. A position of Landing Waiter was 

 vacant at London, and another at Fowey. Mr. Peach 

 preterred the latter, though the salary was 50 less. 

 He desired to remain in his quarters by the sea-coast, 

 to carry on his investigations among the zoophytes, and 

 to further examine the rocks of Cornwall at his leisure. 

 His salary was now 100 a year ; and the advance of 

 pay greatly helped him and hi family. He removed 



