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ivory ticket when he left home this morning, and 

 the official at the turnstile would not let him in, 

 in spite of Babbage offering to prove his identity. 

 At last Babbage found some person of import- 

 ance who recognised R. at once, and so we got in 

 finally. We saw the Queen, Prince Albert, and 

 the Emperor and Empress of the French file 

 past as they walked along the gallery ; the 

 Empress, having gone a little way, sat down on 

 a chair, and we afterwards heard that she found 

 it so comfortable that Prince Albert gallantly 

 bought it on the spot and presented her with it. 

 The upper gallery was not open to the public, to 

 prevent crowding on the light spiral staircase. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Darwin there ; we walked 

 about a bit with them. The Honourable Artil- 

 lery Company also there in full force ; the officers 

 of R.'s old corps seemed delighted to meet him 

 again. Home about eight' 



The following extracts are also taken from 

 the diary : — 



'May ii. — R. dined with Lord Ashburton. 

 He met the Due d'Aumale there, who was 

 pleasant in manner and evidently knows some- 

 thing of fossils. There were present Thomas 

 Carlyle, Mr. Thackeray, Lord Stanley, &c.' 



'June 5. — About three o'clock there came in 

 Landseer and E. W. Cooke, hot, weary, and 

 luncheonless. They had been to a private view 

 of J. J. Chalons pictures, which are to be sold, and 



