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boatswain, promised to collect curiosities for me. I 

 gave the mate one of my cards, but had hardly any 

 conversation with him. Sent out a dozen newspapers 

 by Captain Campbell for Mr. Lewin. Sent my son in 

 Shropshire a box of chalk fossils, &c., by Mr. Brown, 

 the waterman. In the evening, Mr. T. Wallington, 

 surgeon in the Royal Navy, called on me to see my 

 museum. He was going out in the Emu, which was 

 not expected to return for four or five years. He is a 

 scientific person, and promises to collect for me. He had 

 also promised Mr. McLeane, secretary to the Linngean 

 Society. He had married Mr. Brown's sister (the 

 mate's), and she went out with him. 



" Sunday, 18th. Wrote to Mr. John Hunt, Norwich, 

 in answer to his, about buying birds from abroad. 

 George Pocock brought home some mushrooms and 

 puff balls. 



" Monday, 19th. Wind south. Went to Northfleet. 

 Bought several fossils, &c. Observed about a dozen 

 martins flying to the south-west, nearly against the 

 wind. I generally find them flying against the wind. 

 Thought they had all gone. Beautiful double rainbow 

 seen in the evening at Northfleet ; one end on Chadwell 

 Church the other extended over Gravesend Hill. Heard 

 Mr. Brown, of the Dorsetshire, had died at Batavia. 



" Tuesday, 2Qth. Mr. DuCane and another gentle- 

 man called and bought some chalk fossils, shells, &c. 

 Went with Mr. Raspison on board the Fortune, 

 ship, Captain Walker, bound to Botany Bay. The 

 chief mate's name is Champion : gave him some of my 

 cards. The second mate's name is Potter. They did 

 not promise to bring me home anything, but did not 

 refuse, the ship being in a bustle. 



