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dissolution of which evidently hurt the happiness of 

 many of its members. 



"Monday, llth. Delightfully fine. Buchinger 

 went home to Dartford. Made an exchange with 

 Mr. Pierce, the tailor, for his book, Chamberlayne's 

 * State of Great Britain,' for a blank book or e Seaman's 

 Journal/ of about 2s. 6d. value. Mr. Pierce has a 

 better idea or knowledge of astronomy than any man 

 in Gravesend, in fact he possesses abilities above many. 



" Tuesday, 1 2th. Rather foggy. Mr. Manning of 

 John Street, Adelphi, called and said his son would give 

 me any account of arras in heraldry, &c. Mr. Bullock, 

 jun., of Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, called on his way 

 to Lapland, going there for some more reindeer. He 

 gave an account how his father, with Mr. Allan Burn, 

 got at and examined the shrine of St. Mungo in Glasgow, 

 and took a model of St. Mungo's hand in wax. The 

 great church in Glasgow is dedicated to St. Mungo, 

 where he appears to have been buried, never to have 

 been disturbed, as an immense large stone is placed 

 over his grave, and on which were built the pillars to 

 support the edifice ; but these two curious gentlemen, 

 when about giving up their pursuit by reason of the 

 pillars and huge stone, were agreeably apprised by 

 the resurrection-men they had employed, that an 

 entrance to the coffin had been effected by entering 

 into an adjoining vault and breaking through into 

 that of St. Mungo ! 



" Wednesday, \3th. Fine day. Mr. Manning, jun. 

 (the herald), called, and the evening was spent at the 

 New Inn with Mr. Keene, late a clerk at Bow Street, 

 whose son had married into Mr. Manning's family. 



" Thursday, 14th. Mr. Manning employed in 



