130 ROBERT POCOCK. 



Landrnan, of the Engineers, called to see me with 

 seemingly much freedom, at which I was rather sur- 

 prised, he not having ever been my acquaintance. He 

 inquired after my son George, who had been some 

 time in his office ; but not having been paid by Govern- 

 ment, viz., the Ordnance, he left it, and is now settled at 

 the Clarendon Press in Oxford, where Colonel Land- 

 man said he had been, but did not see my son because 

 he was ignorant of his being there. Colonel Landman 

 seems now to be fond of natural history, and wanted 

 a spined echinus, &c. 



" Thursday, 2nd. Saw the second white butterfly. 

 In the afternoon Mr. Peen returned from a journey to 

 Wormshill and Throwleigh, &c., having found a species 

 of stonecrop (Sedum reflexum) growing on the 

 churches of Bobbing and Bredgar. He had before 

 observed the same on the wall of Trottescliffe Court. 



"Friday, 3rd. Walked down the sea wall to Shorne 

 Battery, and found mousetail in bloom, but could not 

 find my spider orchis (Ophrys araniflora) on the hillocks, 

 which I had planted a year or two before. In my walk 

 only saw five gulls, two or three pairs of tit-larks, two 

 pairs of pewits, and two or three reed sparrows, with 

 as many wagtails. I think the easterly cold wind pre- 

 vents many birds appearing. 



" Saturday, 4sth. Went on board the Onyx ship, 

 just returned from the River Bellise, Bay of Honduras, 

 after a passage of thirteen weeks. Heard the church 

 there, which cost 15,OOOL, was finished except the 

 spire, and that the Rev. Mr. Armstrong was the 

 minister. Saw on board a beautiful tortoise, black and 

 yellow. I think it was the terrestris, although the people 

 said it was caught, as they supposed, in the river. I 

 bought a few shells, viz., six false argus shells, which 



