312 MEMOIR OF 
Hobson remained with Mr. Eveleigh from this 
period to the time of his death, and availed him- 
self of the connection to acquire very consider- 
able knowledge of mineralogy. 
Those who knew Hobson will be able to_ 
estimate his feelings on the receipt of the fol- 
lowing letter from Mr. Greville, dated the 8th 
of May, 1822, “My dear sir, I beg to return 
you my best thanks for your second volume 
of mosses in which I do not see any thing that 
requires alteration, nor will Dr. Hooker I think. 
“IT suppose you mean to proceed to a third 
volume, after you have made up your copies 
for the second. If you were to take in the 
Fungi and the Lichens you might go on for a 
good while, they also take much less trouble in 
preparing. 
“ Hooker thinks about a new edition of his 
Mus. Brit. I am working very hard at my 
Flora Edinensis. 
Yours very truly, 
R. GREVILLE.” 
These testimonies establish the high value of 
the Musci Britannici, to those who are so fortu- 
