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refuse the office of Vice-President which his lord- 

 ship had endeavoured to press upon him to-day. 

 My Father staid very late to copy R.'s letter to 

 our President on the subject of future arrange- 

 ments for the museum, &c.' 



' jtk. — The Trustees met here to-day. Sir 

 Astley Cooper offered to introduce R. to the 

 Duke of Somerset and a Bishop, and was much 

 surprised to find them old acquaintances. Coming 

 home from the Stanleys this evening, we were 

 lighted home by our watchman, to whom R. gave 

 some whisky, a tumblerful, which he swallowed 

 at one gulp. R. assured me there was nothing to 

 be uneasy about, as he was quite case-hardened.' 



1 %tk (Sunday). — R. went to church, but I got 

 up late, and went to the Zoo Gardens. The poor 

 lion lying in straw and almost dead. A new 

 kangaroo, which hops about on high places like 

 a great rat — the tail also somewhat similar in 

 appearance, and a light-coloured band round its 

 face like whiskers. R. joined me in the lion-room. 

 Lord Derby, in the crowd, shook his fist at R. for 

 refusing the Vice-Presidentship.' 



1 ntk. — With R. to St. Bartholomew's to see 

 the prizes given. Mr. Paget, 8 as last year, was 

 the chief prize-taker.' 



' i2tk. — In the evening R. went to the Aber- 

 nethy Club dinner. He said he should have to 

 give adozen of champagne for having got married ! ' 



8 Sir James Paget. 

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