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of fossil fruits, of which Mr. Bowerbank possesses an 
invaluable collection ; capsules, which we broke open, 
and examined not only the seed, with its testa, raphe, 
and funieulus, but even the pulp which surrounded it. 
I looked at many of his specimens of recent and fossil 
wood, at his unrivaled cabinet of British fossils, and 
when our party broke up, there was still so much left 
that we made an appointment for another evening. 
... Mr. Bentham, Mr. Brydges, and I went to the 
Linnean Society ; the president, the Bishop of Nor- 
wich, was in the chair,—an amiable old gentleman. 
Boott, Yarrell, Ward, Royle, Forster, et multis aliis, 
were present. Mr. Forster! invited Dr. Boott and 
me to fix a day to visit him at his residence, some 
miles in the country, and dine with him. He is 
greatly esteemed, and is said to be one of the most 
kind-hearted and benevolent of men. I am now en- 
gaged, I believe, for every day and evening of this 
week, and half of next, and am busy enough, I assure 
you. . 
Friday evening, February 22.—I ought hardly to 
use the date of Friday evening, as it is close upon one 
o'clock of Saturday morning. But I must not neglect 
my journal, and shall therefore give you a few hasty 
lines ere I prepare for rest. I passed yesterday morn- 
ing at the British Museum, that is, until near three 
o'clock. I then hurried to my lodgings, snatched a 
hasty dinner by the way, and went to the House of 
Commons, Mr. Bentham having, through Dr. Romily, 
the speaker’s clerk, procured me an order of admit- 
tance within the body of the house, where I had the 
finest opportunity for hearing and seeing. There was 
. age gig 1765-1849. Made vice-president of the Linnzan 
Society in 
