20 MEMOIR OF DANIEL HANBURY. 



Richard Martius. The letters of Richard Spruce, the explorer 

 and of the Amazon and Rio Negro, as well as those of 

 Colonel Yule, of Palermo, would each fill a decently 

 sized volume. The latter writes thus : " On your own 

 account I should say, don't be in a hurry to finish your 

 book [the Pharmacographia]. It is a delightful em- 

 ployment. Now I miss Marco Polo, and find other work 

 very difficult." Such was the circle in which he moved, 

 and which made him appropriate to himself the words, 

 "Actijucundi labores, jucundior labor." 



Hanbury had other friends from whose minds his 

 memory will not easily fade these were little children. 

 For them he had always a smile of welcome and a cheer- 

 ful word ; and in their society he was as unlike a staid 

 and grave philosopher as heart could wish. His way of 

 interesting and amusing them was a sight to see ; he 

 never talked down to them, but led them up to him, 

 and yet the children's delight was perfect. At home, 

 and in his study among the varied curiosities and 

 specimens, in the garden showing them rare or beauti- 

 ful plants, Hanbury was never more charming than 

 when surrounded by a group of children. 



Remark has often been made about the nature of his 

 handwriting ; it formed part of his character ; it was 

 legible to admiration with no solitary flourish each 

 word stood in its own grounds, and there was plenty of 

 breathing room between the lines the ink always 

 seemed black, and the printer was as glad to receive 

 such copy as the individual reader. 



A fac simile of his handwriting is here presented : 



