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disputed. These remains had, I believe, been actually recog- 

 nised by a young French Geologist, only a few days before 

 my visit. Having no good map, I gave a wrong name to 

 the valley in which the remains occurred. 

 With Lady Hooker's kind regards, 



Ever sincerely yours, 



Jos. D. Hooker. 



July 9, 1911. 



My dear Judd, — The Student's Lyell arrived as a most 

 welcome congratulatory birthday gift, for which I cordially 

 thank you, together with congratulations on the new edition. 

 I have only just commenced reading it, my time having been 

 fully occupied with the Life of Sir Joseph Banks, which 

 preceded it on date of arrival. The historical introduction 

 is of course not new to me ; but at my age, memory plays 

 sad pranks, and I have re-read it with all the interest and 

 pleasure of novelty. It is a rare tribute to the memory of a 

 man, the scientific importance of whose labour cannot be 

 exaggerated. 



I well remember first seeing him, when as a boy I was 

 staying at Kinnordy [probably in 1836], and looking out of 

 the window saw him wheeling a barrow of marl up to the 

 house from the pit [to search through for shells]. 



My earliest knowledge of The Principles was of the fifth 

 (1837) edition, in two volumes, which I took to sea with me, 

 and still have, and of which there is a copy in the Kew 

 Herbarium. 



I have heard my mother talk of his visit to my grand- 

 father, Mr. Dawson Turner, who published a memoir of 

 Dr. Arnold l in 1819. 



Very sincerely yours, 



Jos. D. Hooker. 



Many years before, when Governor of the Cape, Sir Henry 

 Barkly had described in a letter to Hooker a giant Mesem- 

 bryanihemum discovered in Namaqualand, the specimens of 

 which unfortunately rotted away during the return journey. 

 Time after time since 1904 Hooker had inquired of Professor 



1 Joseph Arnold, M.D., of Beccles (1782-1818), Surgeon R.N. ; traveller 

 and botanist, a friend of Dawson Turner. He died in the E. Indies when serving 

 as Naturalist under Sir Stamford Raffles. 



