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speak a good deal, and came back tired and 

 hungry. After supper he sat up and finished the 

 Plesiosaurus papers.' 



'February 10. — Her Majesty married to 

 Prince Albert. We all drank their healths, and 

 went to the illuminations in the evening.' 



' igtk. — To the Hunterian Society oration and 

 dinner. Mr. Bell gave an interesting lecture. 

 R.'s health drunk.' 



' 26th. — Formal announcement of R.'s election 

 into the Athenaeum Club.' 



'March 13. — Professor Sedgwick to tea and 

 microscope. At 9 to Mr. Lyell's, and met there 

 Mr. Babbage, Professor Wheatstone, Bishop of 

 Lichfield, &c.' 



' \gth. — Whewell sent R. proofs of his " Philo- 

 sophy of the Inductive Sciences" to look over. 

 Drew fossil ichthyosaurus jaw, uncoloured. R. 

 to the Society of British Artists. Came back 

 very tired, having been tried beyond endurance 

 by some recitations and a pair of very tight 

 shoes.' 



The April of this year seems to have been an 

 unfortunate month for the animals at the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens. 



' April 6. — Poor George, the lion, dead. M. 

 Zeitter made a fine sketch of him.' 



' \6tk. — The sloth bear found dead in his cage, 

 with his two companions doing their best to eat 

 him.' 



