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occasional lectures being delivered in neighbouring towns by 

 the Professor or his Assistant. 



In connection with the Cloth-working Industry, special in- 

 struction in dyeing, etc., may be required under an arrangement 

 not yet concluded with the Worshipful the Cloth-workers' Com- 

 pany of London. 



It will be observed that no mention is made of research, 

 and the number of lectures is somewhat indefinite, 

 though appreciably less than the number introduced 

 into the programme of other colleges established about 

 this time. 



The state of things at Bristol is illustrated by the 

 following extracts from a letter of Ramsay's, dated 

 4th March, 1881 : 



" I have been very hard worked and am still. The beastly 

 Trowbridge lectures take it out of one so much, both in the loss 

 of a whole day, as well as in preparation. I haven't done a 

 stroke of original work this term, for all my time has been absorbed 

 in learning how to dye. . . . Otherwise I have eight lectures a 

 week, which means a lot of time. I long for summer with three 

 lectures a week and nothing else but laboratory. . . . Otherwise 

 things here are very quiet. I have no time to go out to dinner, 

 etc., and have consistently refused. All I keep up is the singing 

 club on alternate Fridays, but that even I have missed for the 

 last two meetings. I'm going to-night." 



The first Principal of the College was Alfred Marshall, 

 afterwards Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge. 

 He resigned in 1881, and in September of that year 

 Ramsay was appointed Principal in his place. 



The following letter from Professor Marshall to 



