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mineralogy than Biology. No matter where
I went, I discovered that I have forgotten nearly
all I knew.

One of the most interesting places I was in
was the United Service's Museum, which is
chiefly devoted to weapons and other war equipment
throughout the centuries, and of the different peoples.
As we go upstairs we pass through the same identical
hall that King Charles passed through to the scaffold
where he was executed.

There are savages' weapons of all kinds, from all
parts of the globe. Models of cannon from all parts of
the world from the first time they came in use till the
present day, models of ships and battleships from the
time of the Early Greeks to the present day. etc. etc.
Some articles of interest are, the chair that Napoleon
used on the island of St. Helena, The Duke of Wellington's
coat and sword, Nelson's telescope, a piece of wood
of his flagship, and the log book of the ship in his own
writing. Some bombs the Germans dropped in London
which failed to explode. Also scores of other articles
of similar historic note.

I landed in London on Saturday, near noon
and by good chance was near the Parliament

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