Lehrjfilire and Wandcrjahre 



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Yates. I am as well as -possible. Cartwright charges awfully, viz. for 1 W)at 1 waist- 

 coat 2 pi- trousers £9. 19. 6. I have moreover begun fencing at Angelo's Rooms. The 

 charges are high but as for exercise etc., I think it was about the best thing I could do, 

 3 hours twice a week for the season, almost the whole year, at fencing, single stick or 

 whatever I like, .£11. These two have been my great expenses, but luckily they don't 

 come again. The way I spend my time diffei-s a good deal acwjrding U) the dissection 

 or not, 9 — 10 Anatomical Lecture, lOJ — IJ dissection, 2—3 Chemical Lecture, 3 — 4 

 Physiological Lecture, 5—6 read or walk or fence or something of the sort; 6 — 7 

 dinner ; doze \ of an hour, often a wee more, then tea till 8. Read and microscopize 

 till 1 and amuse myself till 2 or 3J according as I am lazy or not. Sleep till 8. iS<j I 

 eat 2 hours, sleep 7, attend lectures 3, read hard 3^, micro.scopize 1, dissect 3, amu.se 

 myself 3, dress etc. etc. li. This is something of the way I spend my time. Now for 

 the way I spend my money; this is not exact to sixpences — though N.B. I keep 

 accounts : 



£, s. 



Tell Pern — that she is a nice Peni. 

 Thank Delly for letter. Your niicroscojHj 

 is very useful. Mr Partridge has let me 

 have the use of his very splendid one, 

 value £60. But I u.se your one commonly. 

 Tell Mater that I thought of her and the 

 Pig. I am afraid that the Pork Pie is 

 not quite worth the carriage, although 

 made out of a Claverdon Pig. Loves to 

 all. Tell Bessy that paws are improving 

 though I have got a cut on theui. 



FuAS. Galtox. 



Daniell's Experiments are most beautiful. Ue froze some Carbonic Acid Gas the 

 other day by first condensing it to a liquid and then letting it suddenly free, the 

 abstraction of Heat for Latent froze it at a temperature of 130' FaLr. below the 

 Freezing Point, it could be held up as the Carbonic Acid Gas being given off in every 

 direction from it keeps it from actually touching the hand. I swallowed a piece, queer 

 taste. Some mercurv was frozen with it in no time. 



The next letter is of special interest not oiJy for the advice it 

 contains from Charles Darwin, but for the picture of the young medical 

 student, who trusts his sister's home recipes in preference to his own 

 knowledge I 



