ROBERT POCOCK. 185 



Jewiss, drowned yesterday off the town. May ready 

 but not expanded in bloom. Young Jewiss found. 

 Walked to Northfleet. 



"Thursday, 16th. Walked on the hill, and found 

 on south-west side corn salad in bloom, with the small 

 scorpion grass and serrated leaf veronica, in the road 

 to the Blue House. The leaf resembles the Yeronica 

 chamedrys, but is not so large, and is in seed-pod 

 this day, while the V. chamedrys has but just come in 

 flower. 



"Friday, 16th. An East Indiaman (the Clyde) 

 expected, wherein is the daughter of Dr. Scott, of 

 Twickenham. This gentleman is a descendant of a 

 Scott family of Kent, and also of Fair Rosamond. 

 He has been high up in the interior of the East India 

 territories to Nepaul and Almorah and has seen the 

 long range of snowy mountains whose heights are 

 much above the clouds. I first met him in Mr. 

 Prall's shop, the chemist, where he related many 

 anecdotes. One was of Admiral Pocock, whose son 

 having married a Miss Long, was, at the dinner, 

 handing her to the chair at the top of the table ; but 

 the old gentleman said ' Stay/ and seated himself in it 

 to the great discomfort of the lady who (Dr. Scott 

 said) was much given to gaming) to the hurt of the 

 family. I think he said she was a clergyman's 

 daughter ; but this does not agree with my pedigree, 

 it being there as Miss Long, daughter of Edward 

 Long, Esq., of Wimpole Street (?). Dr. Scott related 

 many curious anecdotes whilst we were in the shop : 

 one was that the late king going into a mill, and the 

 miller opening a trap-door above him, got his clothes 

 all over flour, which the miller perceiving came down 



