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(my son) went out in was the Sultan, Captain Chris- 

 topher Yeoman, bound for Smyrna, which sailed from 

 Gravesend on the 3rd of October, 1822. 



" Thursday, 27th. A person called on me with beads 

 to sell, and said he was in the employ of Mr. Mawe 

 the mineralogist, and that Mr. Mawe was in London 

 when it was thought he was in the Brazils ! This 

 person seems to understand minerals, &c., and takes, 

 he says, great delight in music as a composer. The 

 Kellie Castle, East Indiaman, sails from Gravesend. 



"Friday, 28th. Had a dog sent from Mrs. Taylor 

 of Higham Hall, to get stuffed, because it was a 

 favourite dog, which will cost above a guinea. The 

 son is a miller, and has Gravesend Mill on a lease. 

 Sent the dog by Newman's coach. 



" Thursday, March 6th. " Composing " a card for 

 Mr. Ashdown's niece, Dartford. Mr. Ash down lives on 

 Bexley Heath, and is a good bird- staffer. Election in 

 church between Glover and Gladwell, for assistant 

 overseer. 



" Friday, 7th. In the evening two gentlemen called. 

 One was P. C. Banks, Esq. , of the Honourable Society 

 of the Inner Temple, author of the ' Dormant and Ex- 

 tinct Baronage of England/ ' Honores Anglicani/ &c., 

 whom I found a very intelligent, pleasant person, 

 being about to publish in two volumes octavo, 

 boards, price twenty-eight shillings, ' Regalia Curialia ; 

 or, An Historical Account of all the Grand Solemnities 

 and Public Ceremonies ; as also of all the high offices, 

 hereditary or temporary, appertaining to the Royal 

 Court and Crown of Great Britain : the whole replete 

 with a variety of novel, curious, and interesting Re- 

 marks, Notes, Annotations, &c/ The other gentleman, 



