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London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain

several months in this wonderful and celebrated city. Clerval

desired the intercourse of the men of genius and talent who

flourished at this time, but this was with me a secondary object;

I was principally occupied with the means of obtaining the

information necessary for the completion of my promise and

quickly availed myself of the letters of introduction that I had

brought with me, addressed to the most distinguished natural

philosophers.