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Lord Howe. Island. On bis visits to Elizabeth Bay, Dr. Kayner would have 

 much to show to, and to discuss with W. S. Macleay. Dr. Rayner was also a 

 friend oi William Macleay, and used to accompany him on collecting excursions, 

 as narrated later on. 



Dr. J . Denis Macdonald was interested in marine organisms, and the 

 author of thirty-five papere listed in the Royal Society's Catalogue, and covering 

 the period 1853-63. Some of these were sent home for publication while he was 

 on the Australian Station. In one of them, "On the Anatomy of Eurybia 

 GaKdichaudi,'' he gives a synopsis of the Pteropoda, of which he says — "This 

 table is advanced with a little more confidence, as it has benefited by the revising 

 hand of Mr. W. S. Macleay" [Trans. Linn. Soc, xxii., p. 248, read Feb. 18th, 

 1858]. The relics of W. S. Macleay include a water-colour sketch of the re- 

 markable, pelagic, footless slug, Phyllirlioe Peronii, described by Dr. Macdonald. 

 This is signed and dated September, 1854. He, too, would have much to show, 

 and to talk about, whenever the return of the ship to Sydney enabled him to visit 

 Elizabeth Bay. 



Captain Denham, Dr. Rayner, and Dr. Macdonald were elected Honorary 

 Correspondents of the Australian Museum in .Tuly, 1857, as noted in Ethcridge's 

 History, wherein it is stated that — "All these gentlemen liad performed excellent 

 investigations in marine life, and the Museum gained much benefit thereby" 

 (p. 385). 



Dr. W. Stimpson, Naturalist on the U.S.N. "Vincennes," under the com- 

 mand of Captain John Rogers, visited Sydney, December 26th, 1S53, to January 

 8th, 1854, and recorded his experiences, unpublished during his lifetime, Init 

 since published by Mr. C. Hedley, F.L.S. ["The Australian Journal of Dr. AV. 

 Stimpson. Zoologi.st." With an Introduction by C. Hedley, F.L.S. Journ. 

 Proc. R. Soc. N.S. Wales, Vol. xlviii., p. 140, 1914]. After visiting the Aus- 

 tralian Museum, when Mr. Wall was Curator, on December 31st, 1853, Dr. 

 Stimpson records that "we went to see Mi-. [W. S.] Maclet;y, who lives in a 

 large house, having extensive grounds, situated beyond the town of WooIIoomoo- 

 loo He treated us with kindness and showed us his fine collection of insects, 

 and the plants of his fine garden. He appeared to care little for marine inver- 

 tebrata, and on the whole I was not much interested by my visit. He is a man of 

 immense general infonnation, having a remarkable memory, and is equally 

 versed in zoology and botany. He is now about 80 [? 60] years of age, and his 

 working days are over." 



William Swainson seems to have visited Sydney about 1851 or 1853. But no 

 particulars of his visit are available. He finally settled periuantntly in New 

 Zealand . 



Dr. W. H. Harvey, the Algologist, on his world-wide quest for seaweeds, 

 spent some time in Sydney, in May, 1855. On May 12th, he records— "Visited 

 Mr. [W. S.] McLeay, the celebrated entomologist, and author of what is called 

 "the circular system," of wliieh (once upon a time) I was an admirer. He has 

 a fine house in a beautiful park of sixty acres, all within the city of Sydney. 

 He cultivates many rare trees, shrubs, and plants, and from his grounds there 

 are charming prosnects" [Memoir of W. H. Harvev, M D F R S p '^ill 

 1869.] . . ., J . -. , 



The Austrian Frigate, "Novara," on a circumnavigating cruise, visited Syd- 

 ney in 1858, remaining from November 5th to December 7th. The historian 



