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'ACCOMMODATED: THAT IS, WHEN A MAN IS, AS THEY SAY, ACCOMMODATED; OR WHEN A MAN IS—BEING—WHEREBY—HE MAY BE THOUGHT TO BE ACCOMMODATED; WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT THING.'



In a desultory conversation on a point connected with the dinner at our high table, you incidentally remarked to me that lobster-sauce, 'though a necessary adjunct to turbot, was not entirely wholesome.'

It is entirely unwholesome. I never ask for it without reluctance: I never take a second spoonful without a feeling of apprehension on the subject of possible night-mare. This naturally brings me to the subject of Mathematics, and of the accommodation provided by the University for carrying on the calculations necessary in that important branch of Science.