1866] Testimonials from Naturalists. 191 



Natural History of the Isle of Wight, treating especially upon those 

 two departments. 



I believe him to be peculiarly fitted for a place in a large Museum 

 of Natural History, both from his skill in arranging and naming its 

 contents, and also from the exertions that he would make to add to it. 



CHARLES C. BABINGTON, M.A., 



Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge . 



CAMBRIDGE, i2th March, 1866. 



The third and last was Professor Bell's : 



THE WAKES, SELBORNE, 



March 2bth, 1866. 



Understanding that my friend Mr. Alexander G. More is a can- 

 didate for the office of Assistant in the Dublin Museum, I beg leave, 

 from long personal knowledge, to recommend him as eminently quali- 

 fied for the post. Mr. More has all his life been a devoted and suc- 

 cessful student of Natural History, is well acquainted in particular 

 with British Zoology, on which many interesting Essays and Papers 

 have emanated from him, whilst his knowledge of collecting and 

 preserving specimens must render him additionally useful in such an 

 office as that which he now seeks. The kindness and urbanity of Mr. 

 More's disposition and manners form another important element in his 

 fitness for a position in which such qualities must be often called into 

 requisition. 



THOMAS BELL, 



Late President of the Linncean Society, Professor 

 of Zoology in King's College, London. 



Accompanying Mr. Bell's testimonial came the fol- 

 lowing cordial letter from the veteran naturalist : 



MY DEAR MR. MORE, I am very sorry that my hearty compliance 

 with your wish has been so tardily carried out. I have been very much 

 occupied of late, and have unfortunately postponed several other letters 

 which ought to have been written earlier. I now send you a few words 

 of testimonial, and if they could be as efficacious as they are hearty you 

 would soon attain your wish. I have looked through your essay* with 

 much interest, but am sorry to see that I have omitted to send you a few 

 notes of birds in our neighbourhood, which I will forward to you before 

 long. They are, however, scarcely worth your acceptance. I hope 

 that you will by-and-by obtain a scientific appointment more consonant 



* The essay "On the Distribution of British Birds" ("Ibis," 1865). 



