96 ROBERT POCOCK. 



the Kent Natural History Society. He appears to 

 have a good method in teaching Latin. 



"Friday, llth. Had some fossils brought by 

 Captain Cole from Sheppey. 



"Saturday, 1 2th. Frosty. Heard that Bonaparte was 

 killed by the Cossacks. Bought a box of Mrs. Lind- 

 say, who said it was made of Shakespear's mulberry- 

 tree, and was her mother's (Mrs. Stevenson's) sister's. 

 The box is a carved one, to hold a pack of cards ; had a 

 crest seemingly of a bird holding or shaking a spear ; 

 within it were the names of Shakespear Wood, Sharp, 

 whereby it appears that one Sharp was the maker or 

 owner, that the box was made of Shakespear wood, 

 viz., his mulberry-tree. 



"Sunday, 13th. Frosty; ice bears. 



"Monday, l^th. The Russian Navy fleet have been 

 coming into the Medway for a few days. 



" Tuesday, 15th. My friend Mr. Crow of Faversham 

 called on his way to London to get a patent for a 

 newly contrived boat compass he has invented. He has 

 shown it to the Lords of the Admiralty, the Trinity 

 Board, and has a letter of recommendation from General 

 Harris (the famous general from the East Indies) to 

 the Chairman of the East India Company for their 

 approbation. The patent, he says, will cost 1151. , out 

 of which SOL is said to go to the Lord Chancellor for 

 putting the seal of office thereto. He went by water 

 in the Sir Francis Burdet, the wind blowing very strong 

 from the east. Mr. Crow lately sent Mr. Bullock of 

 the London Museum a gigantic heron, which came from 

 abroad, and probably escaped from some ship, as it was 

 picked up by a Faversham boat. 



" Friday, l&th. Windy. Printed a hymn to be sung 



