456 Life and Letters ofFraneU Qati&n 



CoLRAIN, BoNAR BRIDGE, SUTHKRI.ANDBHIRE. AuffUSt 28, 1848. 



Df vrfst Mother, The grouse won't come just now. All those killed M yet Fa.akerly of 

 eouS ', sp Led h; may give us some fow to send soon ; if he does 1 fust they wdl arrive safely 



ScESST He is a oa/i£ fellow. 1 enjoy myself more ^.^-e for a ye« and^aW- 

 everything is so free and open. I stay with trim till he goes if I like His son, Col Wa ngton 

 r ,Va. W ? J ^m T .. r;I «rty. ^^^J^^SE^- 

 S^E^S " 1 : Stf amffSgSe) it his proved a beauty and I with my one 

 ?oSe ( mT^e S my fellow gues.s with two each Shouldn't you hke toW f un aUhe 

 end of the grouse season ? He would find you hares so well in Paul s Piece and I would part J h 

 him to my Mother (mind, only to my Mother) for the money I gave for him (£10). Write m 

 an occasional note and tell me how Lucy is, for I am most anxious to hear 



Ever your affectionate Son, Frank Oalton. 



The heather is beautifully out on the moors— I pulled a piece to send to you as a memento 

 but I have lost it Lots of fishing and really of everything. It is a most civil thing of 

 Fazakerly asking me. 



Letters and note-books are very scant during the years that followed 

 Gabon's marriage. Probably like other husbands, he left correspondence to 

 his wife. 



Tea Making, My Experiments [1859]. 

 There are among Galton's papers and note-books accounts of various 

 experiments made by him, scarcely with a view to publication but rather 

 with the purpose of amusing himself and gratifying his msatiable desire to 

 observe and measure. One especially characteristic series of experimental 

 measurements dates from early in 1859, and deals with the^ 



"Flavour, Freshness, Body and Softness" of Tea. 

 The experiments were made morning and evening, and must have tried 

 severely the patience of Mrs Galton, and not unlikely of the household. 

 Galton begins with the following preliminaries: 



"The teapot holds 26 ounces = 3± break&st cups. One breakfast cup 

 holds 8 ounces. The teapot requires 3 minutes to become warmed through. 

 It radiates heat at the rate of 2° per minute." 

 Then we have the categories to be used : 



G = good, 7? = bad, D = decocted, IF = weak, F= flavour, 

 C= body, a = best, b = 2nd best, c - 3rd best. 



We next proceed : 



"To find the capacity for heat of the teapot. 



n = number of ounces of water used, 



e = excess of its temperature above that of the teapot, 



t = additional temperature attained by the pot after the water has been 



poured in, 

 C = required capacity, 



C+ne = (C+n)t, C=n (e- *)/(*- 1). 

 I will give a few illustrations from the notes which extend through 

 February and March. 



