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several unsuccessful hauls were made with the seine, though a few rare aad 

 curious fish were taken, which Lieutenant Emery added to his collection of 

 coloured drawings of Australian fish; some of them will be found in the appen- 

 dix to this vohime." Also during the visit to Western Port, in Victoria (Janu- 

 ary 10-19th, 1839)— "A few rare insects were collected by Mr. Emery" [Stokes' 

 "Discoveries in Australia," 2 vols., 1846] . One letter, undated, from Lieutenant 

 Emery to W. S. Macleay, is included among the relics of W. S. Macleay. This 

 returns thanks, in the name of the mess, for two baskets of delicious fruit. The 

 writer also accepts an invitation to dinner on the following Wednesday. The 

 letter concludes with — "Please to make my respects to your Brother." 



Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95), Assistant-Surgeon of H.M S. "Rattle- 

 snake," in command of Captain Owen Stanley, arrived in Port Jackson on July 

 16, 1847. His biographer says of him — "He had not had, so far, much oppor- 

 tunity of entering the so.cial world; but his visit to Sydney gave him an oppor- 

 tunity of entering a good society to which his commission in the navy was a suffi- 

 cient introduction. He was eager to find friendships if he could, for his reserve 

 was anything but misanthropic. It was not long before he made the acquaint- 

 ance of WiOiam [S.] Macleay, a naturalist of wide research and great specula- 

 tive ability; and struck up a close friendship with William Fanning, one of the 

 leading merchants of the town" ["Life and Letters," (3 vols). Vol. i., p. 52]. 



In a letter to his sister, March 21, 1848, Huxley wrote— "I found it exceed- 

 ingly disagreeable to come to a great place like Sydney and think that there 

 was not a soul who cared whether I was alive or dead, so I determined to go into 

 what society was to be had and see if I could not pick up a friend or two 

 among the multitude of the empty and frivolous. I am happy to say that I 

 have had more success than I hoped for or deserved, and there are now two or 



three houses where I can go and feel myself at home at all times I am 



getting on capitally at present. Habit, inclination, and now a sense of duty 

 keep me at work, and tlie nature of our cruise affords me opportunities such as 

 none but a blind man would fail to make use of. I have sent two or three papers 

 home already to be published, which I have great hopes will throw light upon 

 some hitherto obscure branches of natural history, and I have just finished a 

 more important one, which I intend to get read at the Royal Society. The 

 other day I submitted it to William [S.] Macleay (the celebrated propounder of 

 the Quinary system), who has a beautiful place near Sydney, and I hear, 'werry 

 much approves what I have done' " [Life, Vol. i.. p. 54] . 



In a letter to his mother, from Sydney, Feb. 1, 1849, Huxley wrote — "If 

 my various papers meet with any success, I may perhaps be able to leave the ser- 

 vice [after liis return to England] . At present, however, I have not heard a 

 word of anything I have sent. Professor Forbes has, I believe, published some 

 of Macgillivray's letters to him, but he has apparently forgotten to write to 

 Macgillivray himself or to me. So 1 sliall certainly send him nothing more, 

 especially as Mr. [W. S.] Macleay (of this place, and a great man in the 

 naturalist world) has offered to get anything of mine sent to the Zoological 

 Societv" ["Life." Vol. i., p. 57] . 



The publication of Huxley's important paper on the "Oceanic Hydrozoa" 

 was unfortunately delayed through lack of official support, and was ultimately 

 issued by the Ray Society in 1859. The author, in the preface (p. viii. ) 

 says — "T made a g'ood many observations during our cruise, and sent home sev- 



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