i5o ROBERT POCCCK. 



lady called from Deptford, who had passed through 

 the tunnel at Higham (where lately three men lost 

 their lives by the chalk falling in), and found a very 

 large alcyonium on which were nodules of sulphuret of 

 iron ! It was the largest I ever saw, with an opening 

 in it, or a gash. Martins come to their nests to-day. 



" Friday, 1 3/i. Busy in printing for the mayor, J. 

 Millen, Esq., 100 bills, being an abstract from an Act of 

 Parliament made in the 56th of George III., enforcing 

 a penalty of five pounds on the driving of carriages at 

 a furious or improper rate. 



" Saturday, 14th, Windy, strong at east. Major 

 Groves, the storekeeper, carried yesterday to Hamp- 

 stead to be buried there. Finished yesterday and to- 

 day some bills for Newman, stating he had reduced 

 the fare to London to eight shillings inside and four 

 shillings outside. 



" Sunday, 15th. Heard Mr. Bryan, of Swanscombe, 

 had had his leg cut off by Newman's coach breaking 

 down on Thursday last. 



"Monday, 16th. Walked to Dartford with Mr. 

 Edward Helloit, who is quite a philosopher, although a 

 waterman. We went through Greenhithe and by the 

 fields to Dartford, and both were struck with the 

 delightful picture the Phoenix Flour Mills of Mr. Wilks 

 afforded. On the east side, one field off, several tall 

 drooping willows, planted on small islands in a large pool 

 of water, added much to the delight ; in fact, I never 

 saw such high beautiful willows nor such a charming 

 scene. Called at Mr. Hurst, surgeon, to see Mr. Bryan > 

 but was refused by the surgeon seeing him, who said 

 his own sister had been refused, as quietness was 

 necessary to a cure, and that his life was in critical 



