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heath (Sir Gregory Page's), called and offered to show 

 nursery and garden. 



" Thursday, 12th. Professor (Henslow) of Mine- 

 ralogy from Cambridge called, and I gave him some 

 plants, and he promised some from Cambridge. I in- 

 troduced Mr. Peen to him. 



"Friday, 13th. Mr. Warwick, dealer in shells, 

 called from a voyage in Van Diemen's Land, &c. He 

 was sent out by the British Museum to collect shells, 

 &c. He is here waiting the arrival of the Castle 

 Forbes, as he left the ship off the Land's End ; and now 

 has bought of me a left-handed whelk, and two purple 

 oysters from Scotland. His residence is in Eoebuck 

 Place, Great Dover Road, London. Monsieur Nodd- 

 geriezn Pfefferkorn (pronounced Peppercorn) called, 

 wanting old armour, weapons, &c. He is captain and 

 aide-de-camp of the second brigade, Dantzic. Has an 

 acquaintance, Heidegger, colonel, knight, and consul 

 in the service of the Emperor of Russia, wanting Greek 

 and Roman medals. 



"Saturday, i^th. Sent last night letters to Mr. 

 Marshall, druggist, Vauxhall Walk, and A. B., there 

 to be delivered by Mrs. Hanson. Walked to Green 

 Street Green, and waited on clergyman at Swanscombe. 



" Monday, 16th. The sturgeon brought up alive 

 by the Favourite smack is ten feet long, and weighs 

 about two hundred pounds. 



"Tuesday, 17 th. Sam Mud (an almost idiot) lies 

 dead, through bite of Mr. Brenchley's dog. 



" Thursday, IVth. Went to Hole Haven with Mr. 

 Peen and Mr. BrowD, and drank tea with Captain 

 Kelly, on board the oyster- vessel ; and 6n shore 

 Captain Webb gave me a piece of peacock copper-ore. 



