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interest in Lontlon, particularly tbe Unio spinosiis. In taking leave ol 

 Sir Henry a second time he again expressed his desire to serve Dr. Lea 

 at any time, to procure for him any specimens or books which could be 

 had. He requested Dr. Lea to send any of his friends to him, and taking 

 his hand, said, "You must come again, and God bless you." It was 

 with extreme regret that Dr. Lea parted with. him. In the course of 

 conversation about the leading men of science in England, among others 

 Sir Eoderick Murchison, he said that he was "a most valuable man in 

 society, and a great i)romoter of science j that his connection with men 

 high in position was very useful to science." Sir Henry said, "he never 

 flinches from pushing science forward in places which otherwise it might 

 not reach," adding that he was "full of science and very industrious." 

 Dr. Lea went to the rooms of Professor Forbes, w^hom he found engaged 

 in preparing some specimens of fresh-water and land mollusca from the 

 Tertiary and Oolitic formations for him. In taking leave of Dr. Lea 

 he expressed his regret at i^arting, and oftered his services in every 

 way that Dr. Lea woukl command. Mr. Bailey united with him in 

 offering services. Sir William Hooker had been exceedingly kind to 

 Dr. Lea's family, inviting them to Kew, where they spent a day with 

 him, and saw many things to w^hich the jjublic were not admitted. 

 William J. Hamilton, president of the Geographical Society, and Mr. 

 Morris, the geologist, left several papers and offered services to Dr. 

 Lea, expressing regret at his leaving London so soon. Before sailing 

 from Liver[)ool Dr. Lea called to see Mr. McAndrews, who had made a 

 large collection of mollusca, chiefly hv voyages in his own yacht among 

 other seas, and especially in the Mediterranean for seven months. He 

 gave Dr. Lea many fine specimens, and some Uniones which were new to 

 him, one of them from New Zealand. At Liverpool he met his old and 

 kind friend William Kathbone, esq., who pressed him and his family 

 to make their home Avith him at Green Bank, in the neighborhood of 

 Liverpool. While there he invited several gentlemen to dine, among 

 whom were Dr. Lea's old friends, Mr. Nuttall, the naturalist, and Mr. 

 McAndrews, the conchologist. He was very glad to see the former, who 

 still i)ossessed that cheerful temperament and great fund of information 

 which rendered him always a desirable companion. He told Dr. Lea 

 at i^arting that he might see him in Philadelphia nextyear. 



While at Liverpool Dr. Lea met at the hotel his friends, Colonel 

 Powel, of Philadelphia, and Major Porter, of Georgia, who, he was glad 

 to find, were to sail with him on the steamer Baltic. On November 2 Dr. 

 Lea and his family went on board the fine New York steamer Baltic, in a 

 gale in which no other vessel ventured out. Being unable to go down 

 the Channel, the steamer laid her course round the north coast of Ireland. 

 At the end of twelve days, through most terrific gales, the good ship 

 landed her passengers safely at New York. Dr. Lea left behind him, 

 with great regret, many kind friends, both in the social and scientific 

 world, on the continent and in England. 



