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He saw one or two people and was, as one friend 

 said, ' just his dear merry old self, chaf&ng and being 

 chaffed.' 



He enjoyed music as much as ever, and on the 

 nineteenth of May he went to a concert given by the 

 Ladies' Orchestral Society. 



He was often at the Museum, and he wrote fre- 

 quently of the experiments he was devising, all bear- 

 ing on Professor Weismann's theory ; in these he was 

 assisted by Dr. Leonard Hill. 



He wrote several times to Professor Schafer, and 

 on May 19, four days before his death, in the midst of 

 a long letter too technical to be given, he says, ' All I 

 can do now for science is to pay.' 



He still took much interest in Oxford life, and one 

 of the last things he did was to vote against the 

 introduction of the English Language and Literature 

 School. 



Cathedral was more than ever a pleasure to him, 

 and he used often to slip in for bits of the service, 

 particularly if some particular service or anthem 

 was going to be given. Especially he loved a few 

 special anthems ; Brahms' ' How lovely are Thy 

 dwellings fair ' being a great favourite. 



He used to go down to the ' Eights ' when they 

 began, and on almost the very last day of his Hfe he 

 was with difficulty dissuaded from writing a letter to 

 the ' Times,' strongly supporting the Christ Church 

 authorities whose proceedings in some disturbances 

 in the College had been criticised. On Whit Sunday, 

 for the last time, he went to the University Sermon, 

 which happened to be preached by the Bishop of 

 Lincoln, and which greatly impressed Mr. Romanes, 

 brought as he was for the first time under the spell of 

 one who has influenced more than one generation of 

 Oxford men. 



And as the days went on, there was a curious 



