It would be a pleasing work to follow on and give more extended notes of this great seat of learning. One while here is conscious that he is in no common place, for on this spot many of the mighty and really influential of earth began their great careers. No equal quantity of the earth's surface has been trodden by greater men than have walked here, and reverently we take our leave of the famed place, well conscious of what we have not spoken of.
The returns of 1880 gave the number in college as 1,399; 1,409 in lodgings; total, 2,808.
The following returns, compiled by the University Marshals, show the present number of residents at the various colleges, and also the number of unattached students. In the returns, graduates as well as undergraduates are included.
| In college. | In lodgings. | Total resident. | |||||||||
| Trinity | 335 | 340 | 675 | ||||||||
| St. John's | 215 | 195 | 410 | ||||||||
| Jesus | 74 | 147 | 221 | ||||||||
| Caius | 100 | 98 | 198 | ||||||||
| Trinity-Hall | 53 | 105 | 158 | ||||||||
| Christ's | 70 | 80 | 150 | ||||||||
| Pembroke | 49 | 87 | 136 | ||||||||
| Corpus Christi | 79 | 45 | 124 | ||||||||
| Clare | 56 | 68 | 124 | ||||||||
| King's | 68 | 30 | 98 | ||||||||
| Emanuel | 66 | 27 | 93 | ||||||||
| Magdalen | 47 | 16 | 63 | ||||||||
| Queen's | 41 | 19 | 60 | ||||||||
| St. Catharine's | 39 | 21 | 60 | ||||||||
| St. Peter's | 55 | 3 | 58 | ||||||||
| Downing | 30 | 26 | 56 | ||||||||
| Sidney | 41 | 12 | 53 | ||||||||
| Non-Ascripti | 0 | 162 | 162 | ||||||||
| 1,418 | 1,481 | 2,899 | |||||||||
We now take our departure for London, completing the round trip which has employed twenty days inclusive. No like number can ever be filled with more satisfaction, or be replete with a greater interest. The route gone over is in all respects one that the experience has proved admirable and to be relied upon, as giving a sample of the best things that England and Scotland have to exhibit.
CHAPTER XX.
LONDON—WINDSOR—STOKE POGES.
We are now, at 10.30 a. m., back in London, after a ride of two hours from Cambridge. The old charm of London still remains. It never would grow old. We have two days left, before we start for the continent, and employ them to the best advantage we can. The first, and a very natural act, is to go to our banker's in Philpot Lane, for letters and papers from home, and also to obtain some of that, the love of which one of old thought the root of all evil. Next, home to our old lodgings at No. 46 Woburn Place, for reading documents and writing replies. Next we take an omnibus ride down through High Holborn to Newgate Street, and alight near St. Paul's. It's full time that we go there again, and to worship in our own way. Delighted even more than at first, we find ourselves unable to comprehend it. First views are never as comprehensive as later ones.