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not you, according to my bargain with you, recalled the 
memory of it, all had remained forgotten. I have now 
communicated with his Lordship ; and probably before long 
you will hear some farther account of it from him or me. 
Yesterday Lord Ashburton sent me the enclosed Draft 
of Twenty-five Pounds, which I was in some handsome way 
to present to you as a proof of his approbation. On being 
consulted, I had said there was a Public Testimonial set on 
foot for your behoof some time ago ; to which, tho’ it was no 
longer open to the public at large, his Lordship might still 
fitly contribute whatever acknowledgment of service he 
thought due to you. This Draft is the result ; — which any 
Manchester Banker who knows you, or knows a responsible 
man going with you to his Bank, will at once convert into 
cash; — after which, pray be so good as signify that you have 
received the amount, and that all is safe. 
With many good wishes 
Yours very sincerely 
T. Carlyle. 
Mr. Bamford, Blakeley. 
MICROSCOPICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SECTION. 
February 14th, 1881. 
Alfred Brothers, F.RA.S., President of the Section, in 
the Chair. 
It was determined that the Section recommend the 
Parent Society to confer with the Government with a view 
to obtaining a gratuitous copy of the Keports and Memoir g 
