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HIS HERBARIUM. 



CHAP. XXIV. 



The fossils sent to Hugh Miller are now to be found 

 in the Museum of Science and Art at Edinburgh. The 

 collection is marked, " Fossils used by the late Hugh 

 Miller to illustrate his works." The whole of those 

 marked " Thurso" were found by Robert Dick, though 

 his name does not appear on any of them. 



TOWN HALL, THUKSO. 



But his herbarium also exhibits the best proofs of 

 Eobert Dick's industry, judgment, and tenacity of pur- 

 pose. The collection was made over to the Thurso 

 Scientific Society, by Mr. Alexander, of Dunfermline, 

 Eobert Dick's nearest surviving relation. To tell the 

 truth, this extraordinary collection has been very much 

 neglected. The herbarium consists of about two hundred 

 folios, full of botanical specimens. The grasses and ferns, 

 and in fact all the plants, are beautifully preserved. They 



