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clock-makers in London, both for watches for the fob, 

 Byx-sack-Ur, and other clocks. In one of his rooms he 

 showed me several of the clocks he had made, the 

 ingenuity of some being exceeded by that of others. 

 Towards evening, I accompanied him to the great patron 

 of Natural History and lover of learned men, Mr. Peter 

 Collinson, F.R.S., who afterwards took me with him to 

 the Royal Society, which meets every Thursday at five 

 o'clock in the afternoon. A little time after I had entered, 

 the Secretary read out a notice, sedel eller Bill, con- 

 taining the announcement that " a Swedish gentleman of 

 " the name of Kalm had been introduced to see the Royal 

 " Society by Mr. Collinson, Fellow of the same Society." 

 Here were read out " Observations on the variation of 

 " the Magnetic Needle " [by Mr. George Graham, F. R.S.J 

 " observations on a Coccionella, which had damaged trees 

 "in Ireland" [by the Revd. Philip Skelton.J A communi- 

 cation from Mr. Bradley that he had seen a comet, etc. 

 [This last is not recorded in the Phil. Trans, for 

 1748. J. L.] 



A little after 7 o'clock the meeting was concluded, when 

 the Fellows went home by degrees. Mr. Collinson at 

 once introduced me to Dr. Mortimer, secretary of the 

 Royal Society, and to Mr. Catesby, author of the precious 

 and costly work on the Flora and Fauna of Carolina in 

 America. [In the Brit. Mus. the only edition is Catesby 

 (M.) Nat. Hist, of Carolina, 2 vols., folio, London, 1771.] 



[T. I. p. 367.] The 22nd April, 1748. 

 A great part of this day was devoted to seeing rarities 

 in London. Mr. Warner gave me his company the whole 

 day to show me the same. Among several other note- 

 worthy objects, I reckon in particular the following: 

 King Charles the 1st on horse-back, all in bronze. The 

 place where King Charles I. had his head cut off. King 

 James II. in bronze. Westminster Abbey Church, where 



