26 MKMOIR OF DANIEL HANBUEY. 



gathered authentic information on the cultivation of 

 liquorice and the manufacture of the juice. 



India. It was in serious contemplation, had his life been 

 spared, for him to visit the East, and particularly India, 

 with the view of investigating on the spot obscure points 

 connected with the origin of certain drugs and other 

 vegetable products. 



These travels, almost without exception, were conse- 

 crated to the sole object of extending pharmacological 

 research. Having set before him one definite line of 

 action, he pursued it to the unwavering exclusion of 

 other influences, and neither the charms of scenery nor 

 historic associations, still less the voice of pleasure, could 

 tempt him from his course. Better and wiser had it 

 been for him to have carried his bow occasionally unbent, 

 and to have indulged in some degree of relaxation amidst 

 his severer occupations. 



Hooker Scanty recollections have, for the most part, been 

 preserved of these scientific expeditions, but the events 

 of the journey to the Holy Land have been recorded by 

 his companion, Dr. Hooker. A brief outline of their 

 tour will present some points of interest. Gaining Paris 

 in the autumn of 1860, they found it in manifest pros- 

 perity, wonderfully beautiful and grand. Even in the 

 Jardin des Plantes there was some improvement, but the 

 chief sight was the gardening in the squares, bright with 

 exquisite and rare plants. Palms and cycas growing in 

 least expected places, in spots as secluded as in Soho 

 Square ; while in every part of the town the keep of 

 grass borders, edgings, and shrubberies was perfect. 



On September 15, the two friends, with Capt. Wash- 

 ington and others, left Trieste by the Austrian Lloyd's 

 steamship Vulcan for Beyrut, vid Smyrna, On board 





