16 FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS 



afterwards Provost, of the College. Of Dr. Cotton 

 he always spoke in terms of affectionate regard, and 

 the acquaintance which was then formed was kept 

 up for many years. He matriculated at the Uni- 

 versity on June 17, 1829, and took up his residence 

 there in the Michaelmas term following. The 

 beautiful gardens of Worcester College were pecu- 

 liarly attractive to him, being then, as now, the 

 haunt of many species of birds, and often did he 

 linger in them in the bright hours of the summer 

 term to watch the movements and listen to the 

 notes of his favourite songsters. 



While at Oxford his inborn taste for the study 

 of natural history gathered fresh strength, although 

 in those days the University did but little for an 

 undergraduate whose studies took that turn. The 

 School of Natural Science was not even thought of 

 at that time. Still, he found scope for his energies 

 as a naturalist while he was at Oxford. It was at 

 this time that he made the acquaintance of the 

 keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Mr. J. L. 

 Duncan, at whose request he arranged the collec- 

 tion of insects in the Museum a labour of love 

 which met with grateful acknowledgment. 



During his residence in Oxford he received fre- 

 quent communications from his friend, ]. C. Dale, 

 Esq., of Glanvilles Wootton, Dorsetshire, an ardent 

 and noted entomologist. These letters were always 

 full of entomological notes and news, telling of this 

 or that rare capture, the doings of various entomo- 

 logical societies, writings in magazines, &c. Thus, 



