184 HIS ZEAL REDOUBLED. CHAP. x. 



behind a dyke, in a ruined castle, or by the side of 

 a tree : it was all the same to him. There he lay 

 until the first peep of morning appeared, when he 

 started up, and was at work again. He continued, until 

 he thought he had just sufficient time left to get 

 to his workshop by the appointed hour. 



His zeal was more than renewed. It was re- 

 doubled. He proceeded with even greater persever- 

 ance than before. His few friends warned him in vain. 

 They thought he might spend his energies to some 

 better purpose. If their advice staggered him, it 

 was only for an instant. " One look," he says, " at 

 my cobbler's stool, dispelled every consideration. My 

 wish was, at some time or other, to wrench myself 

 free from my trade." 



He adopted the self-same plan that he had for- 

 merly employed. As soon as his day's work was over, 

 he started on his nightly expedition. During five 

 months of the year he slept out, excepting on 

 Saturday and Sunday nights, or when the weather 

 was stormy. To his former equipment he added 

 a small trowel for digging up plants and grubs, and a 

 hammer for splitting fossils or chipping off parts of 

 any rock that he might wish to preserve. 



At first he used chip-boxes, to carry the insects 

 which he collected during his tours ; but he found 

 them such a worry that he was obliged to use some- 

 thing else. He once bought so many chip-boxes from 

 a druggist, that he refused to sell him any more until 



