Lehrjahre ami Wiuulcrjaluv 1«»."> 



Tho GIsioiftrium is couiposed of a mixture of i'nrWnnte and sulphate of potass 



wliich deliijuesoes in their water of crystallisation and afterwanls hardens. This Miller 



told me, who himself had he«rd it from Faraday. I have not seen the specification. 



I shall be quit* dissipjvted next week. Monday 1 dine with Dr Fislier and go to an 



evening pvirty at Hopkins : Tuesday, Bacheloi-s' liall ; Weilnesday, I gi.> to Keswick etc. 



Good bye, your aflfectionate Son, 



Fr.\ncis G.\ltos. 



In this letter Galton returns to liis original and later usual t'orni ot" 

 signature, but it took a long time to re-establish it. 



The letter of March 19th tells us more details of the Little-Go and 

 Galton's work at mathematics : 



TlUNITY, C.\MBRIDOK. 



Maveh lit. usn>. 



My de.kr Fathku, 



1 enclose you the Little Go list. I ought to have seiit it yesterday, but was 

 not in my rooms till aft-er post-time. 1 have I consider had 3 grand escapes in my life- 

 time : 1'' walking into a Lion's den and coming out undigi>.sttHl, 2"'"-* Utthing in 

 a frosty stream at moonlight ami not itnnaining at it.s l)ottoni in an apoplexy, ;?""'' 

 going into the Little Go when I had not read over half my subjects and coming out 

 unplucked, not, however, that the pluck would Ih> of any conse*iuence. T have never the 

 less been the gainer by this examination for calculating the advant^ige of Innng in the 

 first class to be estimated at six^^nce, I went to a man yest-eniay and bet a shilling 

 I would be in the '2'"', thus leaving 2 sixpenny pieces to luck, which as you seo I have 

 won. 1 am much obliged to Bessy for the melancholy news alMuit Miss H. I was, 

 however, aware of my misfortune the saiue week that the engagement ttxik place, but 

 had not been informed who M'' E. was ; there is one thing that acts as a poultice to mv 

 wounded feelings which is that that small chin)jv»n/.<H< .M' S. is not the happy man. 

 Time has done wonders for me in soothing etc., but, oh Bessy ! '. Miss D. has done much 

 more ; she is without e.xccption the nu>st beautiful etc., etc., etc. I have e\er st>en. 

 I was at a hop at her Ma's hou!«e the other night (I know most of the families in 

 Cambridge now), I was dancing with her (the daughter not the mama) in a quadrille 

 with one of my Little Go-Examinei-s for a vU-a-vis. Ttnlay as the sun was shining 

 lieautifully I decked myself out in resplendent summer appai-el, light trowsers, light 

 waistciMit (those that I had last yi>ar) to make a call upon this fair creature, but as 

 I wasi fa-st tinishing my toilette, and wjis •' throwing a perfume over the violet " in the 

 way of arranging my cravat ties, the wind blew and the rain fell horribly, a»id the 

 streets weiv one muss of mud. I was in desjuiir, but retlecting that if I^vinder swam 

 the Helle.sjMMit for Hero, / was duty-lmund to loii/r' as far as the Fitxwilliam for 

 Miss D., off I sot. When, however, 1 arrivwl at their door, I wisely retlwtwi on the 

 spla.sluHl state of my trousers U'foir l knwkeil, and then rt>tit'attHl civst-fidlen. Tonight 

 I hang out (otlu>rwise give a sprwul) in oysters ; 1 have Invn all anxiety to gt<t a dish of 

 frogs lis an adjunct and yesterday 1 made trt<mendous eflbrts to catch some with the 

 anncxtni apparatus [sketch of triple luwk attache*! to a line |)endont to a walking stick] 



