that was all! So my dinner consisted of crab, and I was obliged to have something to eat on our return to the hotel. Mr. Childs is very rich, and gives away immensely. He showed me a valuable collection of autographs, &c., given him by Mrs. S. C. Hall, whose husband, now an old man I believe, he partly supports. We left at half-past eight, and this morning, _Thursday, 16th_, Mr. Childs called early with his picture, framed, as a present. Sir William and Lady Thomson, and probably John and E---, are going to the Childs' on Saturday till Monday, and Mrs. B. M---, who called, is very anxious that they should see the Keally experiments. I hear John and E--- are going to Boston. _We_ are starting this afternoon for Woodlawn, New Brunswick, the Neilsons' place, and to-day I have, an invitation from Mrs. Pruyn of Albany. We are about to take our berths on board the Cunard steamer _Oregon_, which starts on 12th November. I had a great pleasure this morning in receiving from Clara a large photograph of _you_ and Arthur Paley. It is very nice, and I am very glad she arranged so cleverly for you to be taken! You don't look quite so miserable and cross, as is your _wont_ in general when being photographed. Clara and S--- were at a large evening party lately at Euston, where they met the Princess Frederica of Hanover, whom I have met several times at dear Katty Mande's, and she inquired about us from Clara. _Woodlawn, New Brunswick, October 20th_.--We arrived here Thursday. Mrs. M--- called and kindly took me to the station, and presented me with some beautiful roses, which I brought here unpacked and gave to Mr. Neilson. Major R. S--- spoke to me again at the hotel about the Keally motor, and fervently repeated that after a thorough inspection of the machinery he is convinced that a new force is at work. Mr. Neilson and his carriage met us at the station. He is very lively and full of information, having travelled a great deal, and overflowing with "_go_." She is very handsome and nice, and nothing can be kinder than they are. It is a pretty cottage, close to his mother's house, and with some grounds round them.