316 PUZZLING SHRIMPS. CHAP. xv. 



says : " Now, because I am working hard in the path 

 fchat you love so well and labour so industriously in, 

 and so adding to your own fame, do not say that I 

 don't deserve the results of your researches." 



Fame ! that "imagined life in the breath of others" ! 

 What could fame do for poor Edward ? What about 

 his bread and cheese ? 



Curiously enough, the letter last mentioned did 

 not at first reach Edward. It was re-posted by Mr. 

 Bate, with the observation, " This has just come back 

 to me as a returned letter, because Banff was un- 

 known at the Post-office." 



Mr. Norman also continued to furnish Edward 

 with the names of his various Crustacea, though he 

 could not name some of them. For instance, on the 

 13th May 1863, he wrote to Edward : " The shrimps 

 you have sent completely puzzle me. I must wait for 

 a time until I can solve the mystery. I believe that 

 they all belong to one species, yet there are three, if 

 not four, distinct forms. The general characters are 

 so much the same, that I cannot think there are two 

 species. . . . But the curious thing is, that I have 

 not yet seen a single specimen of the species carrying 

 eggs. I hope that you will yet find some, as it will 

 be most interesting to clear up not only the question 

 of sex, but also to find out the manner in which the 

 eggs are carried. These forms are amongst the most 

 interesting things I have seen for a long time, because 

 it would almost seem as though we had a Crustacean 



