First Visit to England. 137 



reached the station, three and a half miles from our place, 

 not a vehicle was to be had, so we had to foot it through 

 tin- mud a long distance. Got a cab at length, and got 

 home one minute before seven, bedraggled with wet and 

 mud. Morell was waiting, and we dined. . . . 



I have been over to the Training School this afternoon 

 to see a specimen of the way they do things. It was very 

 interesting, and shows great progress. Principal Fitch is a 

 very able man I think the best adapted for his position 

 that they have in this country. Spencer called to-day 

 while I was out, and left us an introductory note to Hux- 

 ley, who is president of the zoological section. It was 

 very kind and quite unexpected. I called on Prof. Miller, 

 at King's College. He received me pleasantly, and showed 

 me the laboratory, which is down cellar, but more roomy 

 than the Royal Institution. He was disposed to discuss 

 the war, but couldn't understand what we were fighting 

 about. We go to Cambridge to-morrow. 



CAMBRIDGE, October 2, 1862. 



We arrived yesterday on the bank of the Cam. All 

 were notified to proceed to the Town Hall at once to 

 secure places. We inquired of a fellow-passenger the 

 distance from the station to the hall, and were told " five 

 minutes' walk"; so we started and found it nearer an 

 hour's walk. There was a great crowd of applicants for 

 places. The hotels were all filled ; lodgings only were 

 to be had, and there was a book with registered places, 

 prices varying with proximity to the place of meeting. 

 We took quarters at 34 Jesus Lane, five minutes' walk 

 from the centre of attraction, and opposite Jesus College. 

 I went back with the porter, who showed us how to pro- 

 cure our baggage ; then went to the hall again to get some 

 information, and shortly started for our new quarters in 

 Christ's Lane. The town is a confused network of little 

 crooked lanes. I inquired for Christ's Lane, and was di- 

 1 



