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and of course well delivered. Mr. F. shot or 

 rather blew several small arrows through tubes — 

 and with good aim — at a band-box with a centre 

 mark. The place full, but the heat and draught 

 dreadful.' 



'June 14. — R. to the Geological Society. It 

 was his introduction as Fellow, and after a very 

 interesting evening with Buckland, Whewell, 

 Sedgwick, Murchison, de la Beche, Stokes, &c, 

 they all adjourned to Lord Cole's to supper. 

 After supper they proceeded to play "high jinks," 

 as immortalised by Sir Walter Scott in " Rob Roy." 

 Mr. Stokes took the chair as King, and was ex- 

 cellent as the arbitrary monarch. Lord Cole 

 could not sing when called upon, nor could his 

 brother, who was " Boots." R. had to sing first, 

 as youngest there, and sang " A Fig for St. Denis 

 of France." The so-called salt and water filled 

 two quart pots. All kind of scientific discourse 

 was prohibited on pain of forfeit, and geological 

 expressions on pain of fighting the champion 

 (Lord Cole's brother) with hammers. Every word 

 or sentence which could be so construed was seized 

 upon. It having turned out that the report of 

 the good King's death was false, his health was 

 warmly drunk.' 



'J tine 19. — At dinner a messenger came to 

 tell R. that he was elected as Fullerian Professor 

 of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology to the 

 Royal Institution. His diploma came as well as 



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