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Rh January 19th, 1814, and signed "I. Isaac," printed in the Monthly Magazine (xxxvii. 104).

His father now took him over the country to exhibit his wonderful powers. In 181 5 he was presented to Queen Charlotte. He is said to have been a singularly bright and prepossessing boy. In a memoir in the Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers (lvii. pp. 294) we read:—

"Travelling about the country, for the purpose of exhibiting his son's powers, proved so agreeable and profitable to his father, that the boy's education was entirely neglected.