MD3PAD 436-438

[Toby G Levy]

        Chapter 43 begins on page 436. It is now the end of February and
Mason and Dixon relocate to Newark, preparing to begin work.  They find a
pile of letters waiting for them. Among them are more offers to work in
America from the Royal Society. Also a letter telling them that
Maskelyne was selected as Royal Astronomer. Mason says that at the
moment Maskelyne was named, he was laid up with his bruised hip in New
Jersey.

        Mason and Dixon discuss what Maskelyne must have done to get the
job.

vw#100: Sizar - the hyperarts Mason and Dixon alpha spell this word
"sizer" and define it thusly - In Cambridge University and at Trinity
College, Dublin, a "sizer" is an undergraduate receiving an allowance
from the college to enable him or her to study and, formerly, required
to perform certain menial duties.

        Mason now thinks he was put out of the way in America so that
Maskelyne could be offered the job without controversy.

        Dixon tries to calm Mason down by suggesting that Maskelyne
might want Mason as his successor.

Toby