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began to read " Eugene Aram " and went on till 

 2 o'clock.' 



1 March 13. — Sunday to St. Dunstan's. As 

 soon as we came back from church, R. set off to 

 meet Sir Anthony 6 at the Zoo Gardens. When 

 he came back he told us that the poor little 

 chimpanzee was very ill — not expected to live.' 



' 15th. — R. dined with the Linnaean Club 

 and went to the meeting in the evening. This 

 was his presentation, and Mr. Bennett presented 

 him. Mr. Bell was to have done so, but he 

 could not come. The Duke of Somerset was 

 president.' 



' 20th. — To-day R. and I set off to the Zoo- 

 logical Gardens. We had only been there a few 

 minutes when the Duchess of Kent and the 

 Princess Victoria came in. The gentleman who 

 gave his arm to the Princess was an elder brother 

 of the King of the Netherlands and brother to 

 the Duchess of Kent. His eldest son supported 

 his aunt. The Duchess looked very well, and 

 as amiable as usual. She had on an exquisite 

 satin dress, a very dark ground thickly strewed 

 with gorgeous flowers, and a canary coloured 

 bonnet with roses. The Princess had on a deli- 

 cate sort of salmon-coloured checked silk, with a 

 cape, and a sky-blue satin bonnet. She is very 

 fair, and looks clever and unaffected. They 

 walked all over the gardens, Mr. Bennett doing 



6 Sir Anthony Carlisle. 



