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Well, in the first place, as he is newly set up, his 

 name is not in the Directory, so I went to the old 

 establishment of Dove, with whom he was in Piccadilly, 

 No. 178. The shop untenanted. Called at next door. 

 The people there knew nothing of Scott, but directed 

 me for Dove, to Wigmore Street, where again I was 

 directed to Bartlett's Buildings. When I came to the 

 end of Oxford Street, where they were said to be, 

 nobody knew anything of them. One person said he 

 had seen such a place, but could not tell where. Being 

 in the neighbourhood of Soho Square, I entered it, and 

 found in a corner the Linnean Society's Rooms 5 

 o'clock shut. However, the servant showed me them. 

 The apartments are not suitable, being those of a 

 common dwelling-house. The collections consist of 

 the Linnean herbarium, Sir James Smith's herbarium, 

 an East India collection of plants, birds of New 

 Holland, various quadrupeds and birds, and other 

 objects. The plants are fastened upon strong bluish- 

 white paper of large size. There is also a good library. 

 The hall for meetings rather shabby. Entomological 

 collection well. I then returned towards St. Paul's, 

 and went to 31 Poultry, which was tenanted by a book- 

 seller from Banff, a Mr. Cowie, to whom I was intro- 

 duced by Dr. Barclay eleven years ago. He is dead, 

 his wife married to his successor in trade, who retains 

 the name, in this manner Cowie and Co. By the by, 

 I saw in Gracechurch Street to-day a curious instance 

 of this kind, viz. Stone, late Flint. A person in the shop 

 gave me Scott's direction, viz. Scott and Webster, 36 



