Mr. Lloyd, of Fleet Street, who was one of the old-fashioned family wine-merchants, and one of the best men of his day, was the purveyor of his Falernian; never was there a more correct application of nomenclature than that which gave to him the title, by which he was best known, of "Honest John Lloyd." He was one of the kindest-hearted men I ever knew: he had a great regard for Mr. Abernethy; and was treated himself by almost everybody as an intimate friend. One day I went there just as Abernethy had left. "Well," says Mr. Lloyd, "what a funny man your master is!" "Who?" said I. "Why, Mr. Abernethy. He has just been here, and paid me for a pipe of wine; and threw down a handful of notes and pieces of papers with fees. I wanted him to stop to see if they were right, 'for,' said I, 'some of these fees may be more than you think, perhaps.' 'Never mind,' said he; 'I can't stop; you have them as I took them,' and hastily went his way." Sedentary habits, however, as people now begin to find, do not harmonize well with great mental exertion, or constant and anxious occupation. In 1817, Abernethy felt his combined duties as surgeon to the hospital, as lecturer there, and also at the College, becoming too onerous, and therefore in that year resigned the Professorship. On this occasion, the Council sent him the following unanimous expression of their appreciation of his services. "At the Court of Assistants of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, holden at the College on the 15th day of July, 1817; "Resolved unanimously: "That the thanks of this Court be presented to John Abernethy, Esq. for the series of Lectures delivered by him in the theatre of this College, in the years 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, with distinguished energy and perspicuity, by which he has elucidated the physiological and pathological opinions of John Hunter, explained his design in the formation of the Hunterian Collection, illustrated the principles of surgery, and thereby has highly conduced to the improvement of anatomical and physiological knowledge, the art and science of surgery, and to the promotion of the honour of the College." This seems to have gratified him, as, under all circumstances, we can readily understand it might do; and he accordingly replied to it as follows: "TO THE MASTER, GOVERNORS, AND COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. "Sir and Gentlemen, "To obtain the good opinion of others, is a universal object of human actions; and we often strive to acquire it by circuitous and absurd means; but to obtain the approbation of eminent and judicious characters, by pursuing the direct path of professional duty, is the most gratifying mode of seeking and receiving this object of general ambition.