Note 3 — Arcana of Science.
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Footnote 3
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In the facetious poem entitled May Fair, in speaking of Captain Parry's undertaking, and predicting its probable want of success, the following prophetic couplet appears:—
"Quarter-day you'll have him back, With his volume in his pack;"
And lo! on quarter-day, the 29th of September, did Captain Parry make his appearance at the Admiralty!!