CHAPTEE XV. 



DISCOVERIES AMONG THE CRUSTACEA. 



THE reader will find this chapter, as well as the next, 

 rather uninteresting. But it is necessary that the 

 chapters should be written, in order to show the con- 

 tributions which Edward made to the scientific dis- 

 coveries of his day. 



Mr. C. Spence Bate of Plymouth, the well-known 

 zoologist, entered into correspondence with Edward 

 in 1856, while the latter was engaged in collecting 

 marine objects along the sea-coast of Banff. It 

 appears that Mr. Bate had sent to Edward some 

 publications on Natural History, and that Edward 

 requested Mr. Bate to name the various Crustaceans 

 which he sent him. To this Mr. Bate willingly 

 assented, and a correspondence began between them, 

 which continued for many years. Most of the letters 

 have been lost, and those which have been preserved 

 " in the box in the lumber garret" are not of very 

 great interest. 



Edward seems to have been particularly busy be- 

 tween the years 1861 and 1865. Multitudes of 

 bottles were sent, during that interval, from Banff to 

 Plymouth. The bottles were often smashed in passing 



