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. . . . I am to go lecturing in Ohio from Nov. 22nd to Dec. 3rd. I want to deliver six lectures a week, and raise money enough to keep Dick at the University, pay off bills, and have some shots in the locker. . . . M. F.

Of these lectures the Cleveland Plain Dealer said, on Nov. 22nd, 1858:—

"They have all the thrilling interest of romance, all the charming simplicity of narrative, and yet the grandest and most sublime principles of science are grappled with, and discussed with the erudition and ability of a master mind. In securing this truly distinguished scholar, the Cleveland Library Association has reflected credit, not only upon their organization, but upon the taste and culture of our citizens.

"Lieutenant Maury's opening lecture was on the * Atlantic Telegraph,' with which great achievement his name is so honourably connected. His other three lectures will be 'On the Highways and Byways of the Sea,' on extending to the lakes ' A System of Meteorological Observations,' and 'The Workshops and Harmonies of the Sea.'

"Lieutenant Maury is particularly anxious that our business men should listen to his third lecture, as he is most desirous of carrying out for our lake commerce the system that has proved so valuable to the ocean marine."

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Here I am in the midst of a great snowstorm. This is my lecture evening; I am afraid of empty benches. I am to sleep at Colonel Graham's; but, as I have things to attend to, I shall not go there until after the lecture.

There was a great crowd at the Lecture Hall in Rochester.