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with his presence, and, but for his lameness, I verily believe he 

 would have taken a trip to the Continent, to see how matters 

 were going on in France. His health is vastly good, and he has 

 safficient employment daring Term time, as we have no less than 

 sixty Pensioners dining daily in the hall. The University is 

 uncommonly full, so much ao that at St. John's they are obliged 

 to cook two dinners, and have Chapel twice in the evening. Our 

 black gowns are almost as numerous as the black cattle in the 

 North! How goes on mineralogy, and your geological investiga- 

 tions? Have you ascertained the nucleus of each of the Cheviot 

 Hills ? Should our geological Professor, Mr Sedgewick,^ travel 

 your way, I shall certainly send him to the great Culley of Akeld ; 

 but I must beg that he may not have the picking and selecting 

 out of all the fine specimens you may have collected for your 

 friend, Dr. Ingle of Peter- house — a trick that Messrs. Greenough^ 

 etc., of mineralogical notoriety, played off at Akeld a few years 

 ago, and for which they ought to have been hanged, like Radicals 

 and Reformers, or as Lord Castlereagh and the rest of your 

 friends in the Cabinet. It's a sad world we live in, but they 

 manage these matters better in France ! I should like vastly 



to pay you a visit, but I almost despair though not quite 



I have also promised Robinson a visit (as well as yourself) 

 near Nottingham. I am a bold man, at my time of life, to talk 

 in this manner, but such things would give me real pleasure. 

 In the meantime, I remain, etc." 



In 1821, Mr Culley paid a visit to the remote counties of 

 Sutherland, Ross and Caithness, and made some observations 

 of their principle geological features of which he wrote a 

 brief account. Four years afterwards he was again in the far 

 North, and went elaboi-ately into the geology of Caithness and 

 Sutherland. On this occasion he drew up the map and 

 journal referred to in his reply to the following letter to him 

 from Mr (afterwards Sir) Roderick Murchison : — 



London, 3, Bryanstone Place, March 7th, 1826. 



" I am desired by the President and Council of the Geological 

 Society of London to return to you their thanks for the suite of 

 specimens from Caithness which yon have sent to the Society. The 



2 The Rev. Adam Sedgewick, M.A., F.R.S., Woodwardian Professor 

 in the University of Cambridge. 



3 George Bellar Greenough, F.R.S., F.L.S. and F.H.S., a V.P. of 

 the Geological Society of London. 



