126 MEMOIR OF THE LATE DR. HENRY. 
Henry was admitted a Fellow; and though he 
never aspired to collect by personal research, 
materials for the advancement of that science, 
yet he diligently possessed himself of all that 
was successively made known, .and deeply sym- 
pathized in its prosperous fortunes and high 
destinies. During the latter years of his life, 
especially, these pursuits ministered largely to 
his sources of enjoyment, and prompted him to 
undertake several short journeys, with the object 
of examining interesting sections, and of collect- 
ing characteristic fossils. The growing litera- 
ture of a science, that has attracted to itself so 
large a share of the intellect and genius of this 
country, replaced as an object of interest in Dr. 
Henry’s mind, the contemporary progress of 
chemistry, from the details of which, in conse- 
quence of physical inability for experimenting, 
he had ceased to derive much pleasure. 
In polite letters, Dr. Henry had ever been 
accustomed to seek variety and relaxation from 
severer study. His range of interest was sin- 
gularly comprehensive. He took peculiar de- 
light in narratives of voyages and travels, and 
from such works was in the habit of gathering 
and preserving all novel facts, that tended to 
throw light on the physical history of the earth, 
