108 GLAUCUS ; OR, 
in a few days, full of the glory of his exhibition, and 
strung anew by the kind notice taken of him by the 
masters of the science, to similar inquiries, difficult as 
it may be to prosecute them, under such a, complica- 
tion of duties, professional and domestic. Honest 
Peach! humble as is thy home, and simple thy 
bearing, thou art an honour even to this assemblage 
of nobles and doctors: nay, more, when we consider 
everything, thou art an honour to human nature it- 
self; for where is the heroism like that of virtuous, 
intelligent, independent poverty? And such heroism 
is thine!”—Chambers’ Edin. Journ., Nov. 23, 1844. 
Mr. Peach has been since rewarded in part for his 
long labours in the cause of science, by having been 
removed to a more lucrative post on the north coast 
of Scotland ; the earnest, it is to be hoped, of still 
further promotion. 
I mentioned just now Synapta; or, as Montagu 
called it, Chirodota: -a much better name, and, I 
think, very uselessly changed; for Chirodota ex- 
presses the peculiarity of the beast, which consists 
in—start not, reader—twelve hands, like human 
