VISIT TO PROFESSOR McGULLOUGH. 303 



professor's this morning, and his family, consisting of wife, four 

 sons and daughters, and a wife's sister, were all present. The 

 more I saw and talked with the professor, the more I was 

 pleased with him.' I showed him a few of my Labrador drawings, 

 after which we marched in a body to the university, and again 

 examined his fine collection. I found there half a dozen 

 specimens of birds, which I longed for, and said so, and he 

 offered them to me with so much apparent good will, that I 

 took them and thanked him. He then asked me to look aroimd 

 and see if there were any other objects I would like to have. 

 He offered me all his fresh-water shells, and such minerals as 

 we might choose, and I took a few specimens of iron and copper. 

 He asked me what I thought of his collection, and I gave him 

 my answer in writing, adding F.E.S. to my name, and telling 

 him that I wished it might prove useful to him. I am much 

 surprised that his valuable collection had not been purchased by 

 the Governor of the province, to whom he offered it for five 

 hundred pounds. I think it worth a thousand pounds. 



" On our return to the hotel we were met by Mr. Blanchard, 

 the deputy consul for the United States, an agreeable man, who 

 offered frankly to do anything in his power to make our visit 

 fruitful and pleasant. ' Time up,' and the coach almost ready, 

 our bill was paid, our birds packed, and I walked ahead about a 

 mile out of the town, with Mr. Blanchard, who spoke much of 

 England, and was acquainted with Mr. Adamson, and some 

 other friends whom I knew at Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



" The coach came up, I shook hands with Mr. Blanchard, 

 jumped in, and away we went for Truro, distant forty miles. 

 The rain began to fall, and the wind to blow from the east, a 

 good wind for the Eipley, and on we rolled on as good a road as 

 any in England, were it only a little broader. We now passed 

 through a fine tract of country, well wooded, well cultivated, and 

 a wonderful relief to our fatigued eyes, which had so long been 

 seeing only desolate regions, snow, and tempestuous storms. 



" By four in the afternoon we were hungry, and stopped at a 

 house to dine, and it now rained faster than before. Two ladies, 

 and the husband of one of them as I supposed, had arrived before 

 us, in an open cart or Jersey waggon ; and I, with all the 

 gallantry belong to my nature, offered to exchange vehicles 



