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of all tke happy doings you have had on your wedding 

 trip, and it makes me happy to feel that you have 

 made so wise a choice in the greatest event of your 

 life. Long may you live together in the cultivation 

 of domestic bliss, although of course only in the 

 moments snatched from the cultivation of science ! 



February 2. 



Charlotte and Mytsie arrived last night at ten 

 o'clock — twelve hours late. They had the roughest 

 voyage which the boat has ever experienced. Poor 

 Char.^ is literally more dead than alive. But the 

 weather here is beautiful, and I hope she may soon 

 get to rights again. 



"With affectionate regards to my mentor, and to 

 yours, I remain, ever the same, 



Philosophee. 



To James Bomanes, Esq. 



Madeira : March 8. 



Charlotte enjoys this place amazingly, she is 

 always saying, ' Just a very Paradise for James.' I 

 quite agree with her. You liked Nice very much,, 

 but Nice is far from being up to this either in regard 

 to sun, flowers, rocks, or mountains. It has certainly 

 done me a lot of good. My headaches are virtually 

 gone, and I can work a little again, which makes all 

 the difference between Heaven and its antipodes. 



March 13. 



I am glad you are pleased about the lectureship 

 foxmdation. The principal feature of the scheme is 



1 See p. 289, above. 



