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least not more than for his bare needs, as clothing, etc. He 

 had free transportation on all trains and coasting steamers; 

 everyone liked him ; he interested all with whom he came in 

 contact. He was a most unassuming man, and full of knowl- 

 edge, which he was willing to impart to any who were inter- 

 ested, but never thrusting it on anyone. It was said of him 

 that he was one of the very few men that no one could censure. 

 Almost childish in his ways, awkward in his movements, simple 

 of dress, he would move from place to place with his "bag- 

 gage," if "baggage" it might be called, as he did not carry 

 much, but always looked neat. Never perspiring, even on the 

 hottest tropical day, he did not need many changes of clothes, 

 so he travelled "light." Nor was he particular as to where he 

 slept. He told my mother one morning, when she asked him 

 how he passed the night, that he always slept well because he 

 had nothing to worry over ; that when he went to bed it was to 

 sleep, having nothing on his mind to bother him, and not even 

 the mosquitoes kept him awake. He had never been in love, 

 so he said, neither did he drink wines nor liquors of any kind, 

 an unusual condition in a German who generally loves his 

 beer ; good Havana cigars could not tempt him ; he had no 

 palate, but took coffee for its stimulating effect. He was not a 

 heavy eater, nor could he be called a light one. I have seen 

 him start from home early in the morning with nothing but 

 a sandwich in his pocket, and sometimes with but a dry biscuit, 

 returning at night with it uneaten ; he had forgotten all about 

 it during the day, his interest being entirely taken in solving 

 one of Nature's problems. Tall and angular of figure, notice- 

 ably thin, his kindly blue eyes made friends wherever he 

 passed, while his many years under the sun of the tropics had 

 made his skin dark, unlike the Teuton that he was. He dressed 

 in drill, not of an expensive quality, as I remember it was of 

 a mixed brown and white, or other darkish mixture. He often 

 spoke with affection of his mother, making four trips to Ger- 

 many to see her. 



In 1844 he began his general collection, since become fa- 

 mous, the first specimen of which was a Calypte helenae 

 (Lembeye), though he had begun on insects and shells while 



