… made an apology for our going; and so we took our Leaves. I offer’d to pay my Proportion, but the whole Body of the Society stood up, Nemine Contradicente , with a Thousand Thanks to me for my good Company; tho’ I had sat all the time … Old Acquaintance, said I, what is your Employment in the World, that you are so well acquainted with this Scandalous Society? Why, I’ll tell you, says he, I study’d a little Physick at the University, and some small Knowledge in Surgery I … Years, by a little Alteration, will improve it to the use of Wallnuts . I’ll assure you, he’s a Member of the Royal Society , and had as great a hand, for many Years together, in bringing the Weather-Glass to Perfection, as any of …