1892.] 100 [Rusclicnbcrger. 



" He usually came to market about six o'clock in the morning before 

 the crowd began, and sat behind the stall a half hour or more talking and 

 watching the men while they were cleaning tish. He was always pleased 

 to carefully examine whatever might be found in the stomachs or intes- 

 tines of the larger varieties. Tlie entrails of very big ones were some- 

 times sent to his house that he might inspect them at his leisure. And 

 if anything strange came along — for whatever comes into the fisherman's 

 net is fish — it was sent to him. Sometimes he wrote the Latin name of 

 an uncommon kind on a scrap of paper, which my men copied in large 

 letters and, sticking it on the specimen, displayed it on the stall. For 

 example, on one scrap he wrote, ' Horse Crevalle — Caraux hippus. Cape 

 Cod to the West Indies. Belongs to the Pilot-fish family and related to 

 the Mackerels ; ' on another, ' Pensacola black grouper — Trisopteris 

 microlepis ; ' and on a third, 'The Massachusetts Tile Fish — Monacanthus 

 Massachusettensis.' " 



The Boston Society of Natural History, January 22, 1880, "Voted that, 

 the Walker Grand Honorary Prize for 1879 be awarded to Prof. Joseph 

 Leidy for his prolonged investigations and discoveries in zoology and 

 paleontology, and in consideration of their extraordinary merit the sum 

 awarded be $1000.* 



In August, 1880, an invitation to lecture and supervise the scientific 

 studies of the postgraduates of Princeton College, N. J., was declined. 



In December, 1881, he was elected without competition President of 

 the Academy of Xatural Sciences of Philadelphia, and continuously held 

 the ofiice till he died. 



About the year 1866 it was suggested that natural history should be 

 taught in the University. The proposition was entertained and discussed 

 from time to time, and lingered on without action. In 1882, under the 

 propulsive and successful administration of Dr. William Pepper, the dis- 

 tinguished Provost of the University of Pennsylvania (whose policy appar- 

 ently is to enlarge the institution and foster within it every branch of 



* Dr. William J. Walker, a generous frieud of science, who died at Newport, R. I., 

 April 2, 1865, placed in trust of the Boston Society of Natural History means of awarding 

 prizes for the best memoirs, written in English, on subjects proposed by a committee, 

 appointed by the Council of the Society. The first and second prizes to be awarded 

 annually, and the third once in five years, beginning 1870. 



First.— For the best memoir presented a prize of $60 may be awarded, which sum, at 

 the discretion of the Committee, may be increased to *100, if the memoir be of marked 

 merit. 



Second.— For the next best memoir a prize of not exceeding 850 may be awarded, pro- 

 vided it be of adequate merit in the opinion of the Committee. 



Third.— Grand Honorary Prize. The Council of the Society may award the siun of 

 $500 for such scientific investigation or discovery in natural history as may be deserving 

 thereof in its judgment, provided such investigation or discovery shall have first been 

 made known and published in the United States of America; and at the time of said 

 award shall have been made known and published at least one year. "If in conse- 

 quence of the extraordinary merit of such investigation or discovery, the Council of the 

 Society should see fit, they may award therefor the sum of $1000." Fruc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hisl.. Vol. X, p. 146, 1866. 



