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/\t Ills I'alJici'.s (Icjitli Sjilviii suc(u;('(l(!(l to llic propcrl v ill. 

 I'ciiiliiii'sl ill .Siiii'cy iiiid ji^.'ivc u|) liis Loiuloii house, wlicicr 

 ;i \;u'^(' |);ii! ol' llic iiiiilcd collccl ions :iii(l Ixioks li.id, nj) till 

 ili.it. time, l)('(;ii stored. in order to iieeoiiiniodiite tli(vs(; 

 (iodman reiiled a, lioiise in 'reiilerdeii Street, wliieli jaler 

 l)e<-aiiie a. |)0|tiilar i( soil of the Oniilliolo^ical IValeniil \' all er 

 lh(! scjieiitirie iiie(;tiii^s o(" the /iOoh)j'ieal .Society in llaiiovci- 

 S<|iiai'e. TIk^ hoiis!! I)eiii<;- iarj^-er than (ioditiaii re(|iiiic(|, 

 lioi'd iiili'oi'd oeeii|iied I he •41'oiiiid Moor, and at various 

 times I3r(!.s.s(;i' and others also kepi their oriiil holo;.;ieal 

 c;()ll(U!lioiis there. IJesides his library and e<)lleetioiis, liilCord; 

 ulvvuys had therc^ a nnniher of liviii;^ |t(!ts, and aiiioM;.fst them 

 was a, liair-;;r'o\vn l5oa, wliieli on one occasion escaped Irom its 

 l)ox and was lost lor sonu; weeks, only to hcrcveiil iiall y toiind 

 (liiriii^i,- \\h'. " spriiij;- ehianin^- " (;oil(!d up hehiud some oC tin; 

 hooks. IjiUord used to allow this animal to crawl over him, 

 and OM one occasion the creature; huvin;^' coiled itscIC round 

 his hody commenced (o sipu-c/c him most unpieasanllv ; lie, 

 however, with some lillle dillieiiily IVeed himseir Irom its 

 emhrace and a,t once put it in a l)o\ and sent it slra,ij;ht to 

 the '/i(>()\(r^\ci\\ ( larrh'iis. 



(iodmaii C(Miliiiiied to occupy this house lor soiiu; years, 

 hut on iindiii};' that tin; united eolleelions oiit^rcnv its 

 capaeily, he movcil lo lOdhaiido.s Street, (.lavendisli Scpiarc, 

 and there remained till I *.)()7. 



In I.S7H (iodnian and SaJviii, who had hm;^, meditat(!(L 

 puhlishin;^ some coiiiiected rc^cord ol' their Natural History 

 (•xp(;ri(!iic(;s ill (.'(Mil ral America, at last matured a, plan lor 

 doiii;^ so. Il was proposed to «;ivc a, rull account of the 

 Hotany and Zoology of the K,e;i,ioii as liii' us it was possible^ 

 calling' in the assistance ot various Npc(;ialists lor ma,iiy 

 of the sul))e.cls, while they th(;mselves uiid(;rtook the 

 Ornithology and Diurnal Lepidoptcra,, and also edited the 

 vvlioh; work. To this was later added an illustrat(;<l treatise 

 on Arclueolo^y hy Mr. A. I*. Maiidslay, who had paid special 

 iitt(!nlion to that sithjcct. The woi'k was lo he issued in 

 parts (the lirst appeared in S<;pt(5ml)er 1871)), each |)a,rt con- 

 tainiii'j,' I 'i sheets ot lellerprcss and an a\<'i'a;;(' or(; coloured, 



