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g-aining streng-th, began to study the local fauna and flora. Per- 

 haps it may be allowable to give an incident from this period of 

 liis life, for it is most typical of him. 



"While recovering strength he was accustomed to lie upon 

 a couch in the open air. His microscope was close at hand, and 

 lie began at once the study of our fresh water crustaceans. For 

 a few minutes he would study his creature under the microscope, 

 make his exquisite drawings, write out his description, when, 

 being seized with a coughing spell, he would be forced to his 

 couch completely exhausted, to remain there perhaps half an 

 liour before he could resume his study. 



"This incident illustrates two characteristics. It illustrates 

 first, his unremitting labors. Only when necessity compelled did 

 he cease his labor. True, he had his recreations, but these were 

 often of such character as to be downright labor for most men. 

 The incident also illustrates, secondly, his deep thirst for knowl- 

 edge. Only he who has drunk at the fountain of inspiration 

 could labor so incessantly under conditions so unfavorable. . 



"After some months spent in Albuquerque, Professor Her- 

 rick and his family moved to Socorro. There he became inter- 

 ested in geological studies, and also collected a considerable 

 herbarium of native plants. He contributed occasional articles 

 to the Journal of Comparative Neurology. In the spring of 1897 

 he, in company wdth his son Harry and Dr. Maltby, made an 

 exploring trip to the Tres Marias Islands, of? the western coast 

 of Mexico, where a large natural history collection was made. 



"Upon his return from Mexico, Professor Herrick was 

 •elected President of the University of New Mexico, and began 

 his new labors in 1897. liis wide experience, having' been con- 

 nected with three universities, viz., Minnesota, Cincinnati and 

 Denison, his several trips to Germany, where he met and worked 

 with the leaders in the "biological sciences, his national reputa- 

 tion in fields of zoology, geology, neurology, psychology and 

 philosophy, gave him an ideal preparation as a college president. 

 No wonder, then, that he drew to him immediately a number 

 of advanced students who were inspired by his genius and broad 



