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only by a visit of three days to Cambridge, in May ; and 

 even this short holiday was taken in consequence of failing 

 health, as we may assume ^ from the entry in his diary : 

 "May ist, unwell," and from a letter to his sister (May 16, 

 1838), when he wrote : 



" My trip of three days to Cambridge has done me such 

 wonderful good, and filled my limbs with such elasticity, that 

 I must get a little work out of my body before another holi- 

 day." This holiday seems to have been thoroughly enjoyed ; 

 he wrote to his sister : 



" Now for Cambridge : I stayed at Henslow's house and 

 enjoyed my visit extremely. My friends gave me a most 

 cordial welcome. Indeed, I was quite a lion there. Mrs. 

 Henslow unfortunately was obliged to go on Friday for a 

 visit in the country. That evening we had at Henslow's a 

 brilliant party of all the geniuses in Cambridge, and a most 

 remarkable set of men they most assuredly are. On Saturday 

 I rode over to L. Jenyns', and spent the morning with him. 

 I found him very cheerful, but bitterly complaining of his 

 solitude. On Saturday evening dined at one of the Colleges, 

 played at bowls on the College Green after dinner, and was 

 deafened with nightingales singing. Sunday, dined in Trinity ; 

 capital dinner, and was very glad to sit by Professor Lee* . . . ; 

 I find him a very pleasant chatting man, and in high spirits 

 like a boy, at having lately returned from a living or a curacy, 

 for seven years in Somersetshire, to civilised society and 

 oriental manuscripts. He had exchanged his living to one 

 within fourteen miles of Cambridge, and seemed perfectly 

 happy. In the evening attended Trinity Chapel, and heard 

 ' The Heavens are telling the Glory of God,' in magnificent 

 style ; the last chorus seemed to shake the very walls of the 

 College. After chapel a large party in Sedgwick's rooms. 

 So much for my Annals." 



* Samuel Lee, of Queens', was 1831, and Regius Professor of He- 

 Professor of Arabic from 1819 to brew from 1831 to 1848. 



