To 



THOMAS H. HUXLEY 

 D.C.L., LL.D., F.X.S. 



DEAR PROFESSOR HUXLEY, 



To you I owe my scientific training, my choice of a 

 profession, and every advance I have made in my career. 

 It is therefore only fitting that J should ask you to accept, 

 as a slight token of affection and gratitude, the dedication 

 of this little book, of which I can ho7iestly say that, while 

 its faults are my own, any good features it may possess are 

 mainly due to my having had the advantage of being your 



pupil. 



Believe me to be, 



Yours very faithfully, 



T. f. PARKER. 



OTAGO UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, 

 August 22nd, 1890. 



