He has described ("Life and Letters," I., pages 35-45) his failure to be interested in the official teaching of the University, his horror at the operating theatre, and his gradually increasing dislike of medical study, which finally determined his leaving Edinburgh, and entering Cambridge with a view to taking Orders.) LETTER 1.

TO R.W.DARWIN.

Sunday Morning [Edinburgh, October, 1825].
My dear Father As I suppose Erasmus (Erasmus Darwin) has given all the particulars of the journey, I will say no more about it, except that altogether it has cost me 7 pounds.

We got into our lodgings yesterday evening, which are very comfortable and near the College.

Our Landlady, by name Mrs.
Mackay, is a nice clean old body--exceedingly civil and attentive.