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rected, and wandered and wandered till I found it. I then 

 went the whole length of it and couldn't find the house. 

 I then counted the numbers, and there was not a 34 in it. 

 I think I was mad at the town. There was Christ's Col- 

 lege and there was Christ's Lane, but no place to enter. 

 So I attacked every person I met on the general subject of 

 the theo-topography of Cambridge. At length somebody 

 asked if it might not be "Jesus" Lane that I wanted. I 

 told him " Certainly." Then said he, " You will find it near 

 Jesus College, at the other end of the town." So I found it, 

 and a quite comfortable place it is. Opposite is a low stone 

 building used as a store, and over the door the name of 

 the keeper — G. Death. 



The first meeting was last night, at eight. We got in 

 at 7.30, and went up near the platform. It is a fine lecture 

 room in appearance and decoration, but without the slight- 

 est ventilation. Only those were admitted who had tickets, 

 but it was full — nine hundred or a thousand. The hall was 

 early crowded, and such a hum and bustle of joyous recog- 

 nition I never before witnessed. The English on such an 

 occasion are far more hearty and social than the Americans. 

 Everybody was busy shaking hands and chatting with every- 

 body, and at the same time watching and inquiring who 

 were present. The president-elect was Rev. Robert Willis, 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge, and he gave 

 as an opening address of an hour and a half the History of 

 the Association. It appeared in full in next morning's Times. 

 Prof. Owen moved a vote of thanks with a little speech, 

 the first part of which was glib, but the last part fizzled 

 amazingly. The Dean of Ely, a high ecclesiastical func- 

 tionary, seconded the motion, with a little speech which, 

 although good, tapered to a vanishing point like the other. 

 A large, florid, very fine-looking man, with the port and 

 semblance of old Ike Rowland, and something of the 

 aspect of a Methodist parson, appeared before us. He 



