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"He first resided, with his family, in Albuquerque, and 

 while gaining strength, began to study the local fauna and flora. 

 Perhaps it may be allowable to give an incident from this per- 

 iod of his 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 he began at once the study of our fresh water crustaceans. 

 For a few minutes he would study his creature under the micro- 

 scope, 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 hour 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 a character as to be downright labor for most 

 men. The incident also illustrates, secondly, his deep thirst 

 for knowledge. Only he who has drunk at the fountain of in 

 spiration could labor so incessantly under conditions so unfavor- 

 able. 



"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 with his son Harry and Dr. Maltbv, made an 

 exploring trip to the Tres Marias Islands, off 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. His wide experience, having been 

 connected 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 

 reputation in fields of zoology, geology, neurology, psychology 

 and philosophy, gave him an ideal preparation as a college presi- 

 dent. No wonder, then, that he drew to him immediately a 



