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Upper Corsock had been let to a shooting-party, 1 one 

 of whom remarked to me what a pity it was that 

 young Mr. Clerk Maxwell was " so little suited for a 

 country life." I clearly recollect his look of exulting 

 mirth when this was repeated to him. His disinclina- 

 tion to field sports was certainly not due to any lack 

 of activity, nor even to his shortsightedness, which for 

 other purposes was easily overcome, but simply to 

 his love for animals. The moral of Wordsworth's 

 Hart-Leap Well was not so much a principle as an 

 instinct with him. 2 I remember his once speaking to 

 me on the subject of vivisection. He did not condemn 

 its use, supposing the method could be shown to be 

 fruitful, which at that time he doubted, but "Couldn't 

 do it, you know," he added, with a sensitive wistful 

 look not easy to forget. This is all I ever heard him 

 say on the subject. 



LETTERS, 1851. 

 To LEWIS CAMPBELL, Esq. 



llth March 1851. 

 Lings, King's Parade, Cambridge. 



. . . Have you read Soph. Ajax, or would you like to 

 do it then ? 3 



I have been trying an experiment of sleeping after 'hall. 

 Last Friday I went to bed from 5 to 9.30, and read very 

 hard from 10 to 2, and slept again from 2.30 to 7. 



I intend some time to try for a week together sleeping 

 from 5 to 1, and reading the rest of the morning. This is 

 practical scepticism with respect to early rising. 



1 Including the present Earl Cairns. 



2 His uncle, Sir G. Clerk, is said to have had the same peculiarity. 

 8 Viz. at the time of my proposed visit to Cambridge. 



