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ancient statues, and Eastlake came in. . . . Found 

 Rogers and Eastlake in the sculpture gallery on 

 coming down to breakfast. R. talked about 

 " Vestiges ; " 3 Eastlake has not read the book. 

 Then touching the "Chambers" of Edinburgh. 

 . . . After breakfast went with Pickersgill into 

 the portrait gallery, and profited by his criticisms. 

 I am much satisfied with the light and the place 

 in which my own is hung ; it flanks one side of the 

 entry, with Cuvier on the other. 



' Sir R. pointed out some of his choice en- 

 gravings. Eastlake showed me a curious per- 

 spective effect in one of Roberts's (R.A.) mag- 

 nificent Egyptian subjects.' 



To return to the journal : — 



'October 21. — Boa died at the Surrey Gar- 

 dens. It is over 15 feet long, and is awaiting 

 dissection.' 



'November 1. — Sent out for Nos. 1 and 2 

 of " Dombey and Son." R. is going to refrain 

 till vol. ii. of his Lectures is out. Mr. Broderip 

 begged to be allowed to take the two numbers 

 home in his pocket. R. told him he might, on 

 condition that he did not look at them to-night 

 — upon which Mr. Broderip said that he should 

 read every word before going to bed.' 



' \th. — R. read at the Geological Society his 

 paper on Sir Roderick's fossil fox.' 



3 Vestiges of Natural History of Creation. 



