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and answer it without delay. Dryander’s place in 
the natural history department is not to be filled up. 
The man is not to be found in the whole world;— 
Brown will fill admirably well the Botanical line at 
Sir Joseph’s; a Librarian for the Royal Society may 
be found ;—a Vice President for the Linnzean ;—a 
Medallist for Mrs. Banks. But his biblical know- 
ledge, his local acquaintance with Sir Joseph’s pro- 
digious collections, is not to be had elsewhere. I 
attended at the Linnean Society last night, and took 
the Chair, when I announced his death and the va-. 
cancy of the V. P., and enlarged upon what I have 
said above. 
I gave alittle sketch of the origin of the Society ; 
how anxious we were to get scientific men, and them 
only, wherever they could be found. That no man’s 
rank in life should exclude, knowledge being the 
only object in electing members. Immorality alone 
(and ignorance at first) was to be a bar to our choice. 
That our Society owed its stability to our never ad- 
mitting Society-hunters, but only practical men who 
would have an interest in its welfare,—“cum multis 
alis hujuscemodi”. Observing as I spoke that I 
made great impression, I went no further for fear of 
disturbance. 
S. CARLISLE. 
From the same. 
My dear Sir, London, May 25, 1812. 
Everything has gone off today beyond my ut- 
most expectations. In the morning I first took 
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