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to prove his words. The captain could not ; and accord- 

 ingly, after a little hard swearing, he drew in his horns, 

 and said no more on the subject. 



It may here be mentioned that Mr. Peach was a 

 handy man at everything. He learnt to draw with cor- 

 rectness. He cultivated mechanics. When he went into 

 the Coastguard, he spent part of his spare time in making 

 a turning-lathe. With this he turned jet earrings, jet 

 boxes, and other things. He afterwards made a com- 

 pound slide-rest, and turned things in iron and brass. 



After two years' service at Cley, Peach was sent to 

 Lyme Eegis in Dorset, at the south-western part of the 

 island. He then lived at Charmouth, but he remained 

 there only four or five months, when he was removed to 

 Beer, at the mouth of the Axe, in Devonshire. He 

 remained there for about two years, always working in 

 his leisure hours at zoology and natural history. 



He was then removed to Paignton in Tor Bay, farther 

 down the coast. He was not allowed to rest there, 

 but was shortly after removed to Gorranhaven, near 

 Mevagissey, in Cornwall. It was here that he indefati- 

 gably pursued his studies in zoology. He collected 

 some of the most delicate specimens of marine fauna. 

 Many of these he sent to Dr. Johnston when preparing 

 his history of the British Zoophytes. Others were sent 

 to the most distinguished writers on zoology, and 

 several of them were called after his name.* 



It was while living at Gorranhaven that Peach 



* The Isodictyia Peachii, Membranipora Peachii, Lipralia Peachi\ 

 Cellularia Peachii, Peachii hastata, and Eolis Peachii. 



