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who goes about picking up bugs." It was well for him that as a naturalist, 

 to use his own words, he could find " gratification in any scene and at 

 any season," and that in Mr. Jacques, in whose house he boarded, he had 

 a congenial friend. In Chapter viii. of his work, he draws a gloomy picture 

 of an Eastern Township farmer's life ; but in the preface (which breathes 

 the modesty and piety which characterized him through life), he says : — 

 " During a residence of some years in the Lower Province, the author has 

 felt it to be no common privilege to be able to solace himself by these 

 simple but enchanting studies * * * ^^j^ even now the recollection 

 of those pleasant scenes sheds forth a lustre which gilds'the edge of many 

 a dark cloud." 



In March, 1838, Mr. Gosse left Compton, and settled in Alabama for 

 about six months. His observations at this period afforded the subject 

 matter of his Letters from Alabama, chiefly relating to Natural History. 

 He returned to England in the spring of 1839, and published the Canadian 

 Naturalist during the summer. On the loth of August, 1844, he sailed 

 for Jamaica, to study the natural history of that island. After a residence 

 there of two years, he went back to England, and published the result of 

 his investigations, under the title of The Birds of Jamaica, A Naturalist's 

 Sojourn in Jamaica, and A71 Atlas of Illustrations. 



From January, 1852, to the time of his death, Mr. Gosse's residence 

 was at St. Marychurch, where he had a delightful residence which he 

 named "Sandhurst." Attached to this were extensive conservatories, 

 including a vinery, fernery, orchid houses, etc. 



For some years, he was engaged in preparing works for the S. P. C. K. 

 After that he devoted himself to the microscopic study of the British 

 Rotifera. In 1856, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He 

 was an indefatigable worker, usually in his study by four o'clock in the 

 morning in the summer, and by six o'clock in the winter, and producing 

 on the average two works in the year. His books must number about 

 forty j and among the scientific papers of the Royal Society upwards of 

 fifty are from the pen of Mr. Gosse. 



Among his works are : — Tenby, A Sea-side Holiday ; The Aquarium ; 

 Actinologia Britannica ; A History of the British Sea Anemones and 

 Corals; The Wonders of the Great Deep; The Romance of Natural 

 History ; Life in its Lower, Ititermediate, and Higher Forms ; Land and 

 Sea, and A Year at the Shore. 



