Memoir of Rev. John Prince, LL. D. VVI 
Prince’s mind, that he left his gig and climbed the rock, to examine, 
in place, this perfect wall of black basalt, cutting in two a cliff of 
sienite, and preserving its distinctness, even where both it and the 
broken rock were deeply worn and channeled by the powerful bil- 
lows of that stormy coast, near which nothing exists as a breakwater 
to breast the waves and check the force of the ocean, impelled by 
tempests from the east. 
From a circuit of twenty miles, the venerable philosopher return- 
ed, excited and gratified, while he manifested little more fatigue than 
the youngest of the party. 
In his house he still exhibited not only the courtesies of hospital- 
ity, but the delightful resources of science: his library, his appara- 
tus, and his experiments were open and accessible to his friends, and 
especially to strangers interested in liberal knowledge. The writer 
Was, at several interviews, favored with those beautiful experiments 
so well described by Mr. Upham—the glories of the solar microscope, 
the splendid artificial volcano, the endless variety and both delicate 
and gorgeous beauty of the images of the improved Kaleidoscope, 
besides a rich train of experimental exhibition on other subjects, in 
which hours slid rapidly and most agreeably away. 
In these kind and instructive recreations, Dr. Prince exhibited 
the activity and animation of early years—a perfect comprehension 
of his subject and a high degree of enjoyment in making others hap- 
py. It was surprising to observe the great amount of intellectual 
and physical materiel which he had accumulated within his domestic 
confines. In his study, although not small, you literally threaded 
your way through alleys and vistas of books, instruments and speci- 
mens, and not an inch of room was lost 1 in the skillful disposition of 
this philosophical panoply. 
In commemorating this most venerable and ‘most interesting sage, 
it may not be inappropriate to mention, that many years since, when 
employed among the philosophical artists of London in obtaining 
various and valuable instruments, I found that Dr. Prince’s name 
and his discoveries and improvements, were well known and highly 
appreciated by them, and an eminent artist in that great capital 
could present me nothing better in pneumatics than the air pump, 
and in optics than the lucernal and solar microscopes of Dr. Prince. 
The collection of instruments obtained on that occasion, was after 
their arrival, reviewed by Dr. Prince in Yale College, and having 
met his decided and warm approbation, this judgment when reported 
