CHAPTER V.

Sir Thomas Bernard allots Davy a piece of ground for Agricultural Experiments.--History of the Origin of the Royal Institution.--Its early labours.--Davy's Letters to Mr. Gilbert and to Mr. Poole.--Death of Mr. Gregory Watt.--Davy's Passion for Fishing, with Anecdotes.--He makes a Tour in Ireland: his Letters on the subject.--His Paper on the Analysis of the Wavellite.--His Memoirs on a new method of analysing Minerals which contain a fixed Alkali.--Reflections on the discovery of Galvanic Electricity 188