MR. EDWARD HOBSON. 305 
The Rutland arms, at Bakewell, has long been 
celebrated for the excellent and liberal accommo- 
dations it has afforded to anglers, and many per- 
sons from different parts of England, when they 
meet together in pursuit of the delightful recrea- 
tion, avail themselves of the opportunities which 
that county, more perhaps than any other in 
England, affords for the study of several branches 
of natural history, and especially geology and 
botany. I had the pleasure of introducing Hobson 
to some very intelligent friends there assembled, 
who were, as might be expected, much pleased 
with his conversation and manners. 
It has often been remarked that the lovers of 
Natural History live their pleasanter days many 
times over. It might be truly so said of Hobson, 
for I believe a happier man is seldom seen than 
he was when engaged in arranging the insects or 
stretching out the mosses he had collected during 
his more successful rambles. With his imper- 
fect instruction in ancient as well as modern 
languages, it is difficult to account for his being 
so well able to keep up with the new arrange- 
ments which were continually taking place in the 
different branches of Natural History to which he 
was attached, and especially with the endless 
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