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him his Journal, writing an account of the cattle-hunting 

 in the Falklands at John Murray the pubhsher's suggestion 

 — the subject being only scantily referred to in the Journal 

 — and supplying a number of illustrations (see p. 86). These 

 were vignetted for wood-cutting from Hooker's original 

 sketches by Walter Fitch, the Kew draughtsman. Fitch was 

 accuracy itself when drawing plants ; but in landscape Hooker 

 found that he * refined upon Mount Sabine without improving 

 it,' and soberly pencilled above it a more faithful outline of 

 the mountain. 



Of the specialists who lent their aid in working out certain 

 sections of the Cryptogams, Dr. Harvey was the most valued 

 helper as well as intimate friend, to whom he could write with 

 entire freedom. One of his other helpers indeed " describes 

 by steam., and all I can say is, I hope I shall not have so many 

 remarks upon yours as his ; remarks is an uncommon modest 

 word here I assure you.' In fact, Hooker had to do that work 

 all over again. But as to Harvey, no one should touch the 

 many seaweeds until he had a fair chance. ' I send,' writes 

 Hooker (May 21, 1844), ' everything on which I can lay my 

 hands — because you must see whole suites of things to judge 

 of them.' His intention was to keep the Antarctic Algae 

 from Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Southern Ocean, and 

 Kerguelen's Land ' distinct from the Auckland and Campbell 

 Isld. ones, as the phenogamic Floras of those regions are 

 very distinct.' 



... I think the sets of Macrocystis will prove that too 

 many species have been made of the genus— but I should 

 like all the forms, made by Bory i into species, to be acknow- 

 ledged under some form or other, as my great anxiety 

 throughout will be by my book to show that the English 

 have done as much for Crypt. Bot. as the French [apropos 

 of Montague's brochure on the subject], and I wish par- 

 ticularly always to state who was the first discoverer of 

 a species. . . '. I am also particularly anxious that the 



1 Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint Vincent (1780-1846), naturalist, soldier, and 

 geographer. He sailed in 1800 with Baudius, the geographer and naturalist, 

 to explore the Australian coasts. Owing to illness he was left at Bourbon, 

 and proceeded to study its natural history. 



