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and he was anxiously careful about his health. He was very 
warmly clothed; his stomach was always covered with an 
animal skin, and when he was in pain he added a hot tin 
plate. The climate of Freiberg is severe ; but still I was not 
a little struck, on visiting him in the month of July, to find 
the stove lighted. He was exact even to pedantry. He was 
in the habit of taking with him in his carriage the pupils he 
was particularly fond of, to visit such spots as exhibited any 
remarkable geognostical peculiarity ; and on such occasions he 
fixed with great precision the hour of starting, no one ventur- 
ing to be a moment too soon or too late. If one went too 
early, he not unfrequently continued his labour, and looked 
attentively first at the individual and then at his watch; if 
he came too late, if it were but a few minutes, he was placed 
in embarrassment by finding Werner standing waiting on the 
stair, wrapped up, even on pretty warm days, in a greatcoat 
and fur. As it was my good fortune for a long time to ac- 
company him on such expeditions almost every week, I was 
particularly careful to set my watch exactly with his. I was in- 
expressibly attached to that great and remarkable man. Iwas 
myself not unfrequently a sufferer from cramp in the stomach, 
but entirely forgot my complaint when the pain was over, and 
never thought of attending to my diet or mode of life. Wer- 
ner, however, was constantly anxious about my health, and 
unceasing in his counsels about the system I should adopt. 
From respect to him, I was externally extremely attentive to 
what he said; but advice in this matter went but a short way 
with me. 
I was present at an occurrence which, on one occasion, 
placed me and all his pupils in great perplexity. Werner’s 
collection of precious stones was celebrated, and the suite 
illustrative of crystallization was one of the most perfect in 
Europe. At one of the lectures, a tray containing spinels 
was circulated, and every one, knowing Werner’s peculiarities, 
endeavoured to move the tray with the greatest care and cau- 
tion, in order that there might be no disorder produced among 
the crystals, no one venturing to touch any of them. Unfor- 
tunately, one of those present inadvertently struck the tray 
while it was going round. It was inclined, the crystals were 
