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and after the evening meeting went £p Jermyn 

 Street. Lord Enniskillen, Dr. Buckland, Mr- 

 Murchison, Dr. Fitton, Mr. Broderip, &c. Each 

 obliged to sing a song. Mr. Broderip put in the 

 chair, with Lord E.'s dressing-gown and a dis- 

 reputable old college cap. R. was " executioner.'" 



This was nearly the last meeting of the merry 

 geologists at the ' three ones,' as 1 1 1 Jermyn Street 

 was called. At a later meeting this year Lord 

 Enniskillen was arraigned before their Court on 

 account of his intention of getting married. In 

 reply to ' a sly question in the corner ' of a letter 

 which he afterwards wrote to Owen, concerning 

 a smashed glass at the above entertainment, the 

 latter writes : — 



' I declare, upon my honour, and call Justice 4 to 

 witness, that the glass was cracked about midnight, 

 just before our party broke up, in the most mys- 

 terious manner. I held it still in my hand, as 

 sober as a judge, and had merely placed it on the 

 table with a slight emphasis in harmony with 

 the sentiment which formed the soul of our last 

 libation.' 



On November 23 a strange visitor came to 

 the College of Surgeons, in the shape of a North 

 American Indian chief. ' Richard had just come 

 in about six o'clock when there was a ring at 

 the bell and in another minute there suddenly 

 stalked in a magnificent, tall American Indian 



4 Broderip. 



