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speak a good deal, and came back tired and 
hungry. After supper he sat up and finished the 
Plesiosaurus papers.’ 
' Februaiy lo. — Her Majesty married to 
Prince Albert. We all drank their healths, and 
went to the illuminations in the evening.’ 
‘ — To the Hunterian Society oration and 
dinner. Mr. Bell gave an interesting lecture. 
R.’s health drunk.’ 
‘ 26/A — Formal announcement of R.’s election 
into the Athenteum 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.’ 
‘ \c^th . — 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.’ 
‘ I bth . — The sloth bear found dead in his cage, 
with his two companions doing their best to eat 
him.’ 
