252 MY LIFE 



carefully sought for and given the highest rank in the teacher's 

 profession. When that is done, no examinations will be ad- 

 visable or necessary. 



Before quitting the examination question, I wish to say a 

 word in favour of the late Professor Ansted as an Examiner 

 in Physical Geography. On looking over many of the papers 

 set by him from 1871 to 1877, I am greatly impressed by his 

 broad grasp of the whole subject, and the admirable manner 

 in which he dealt in turn with all the natural phenomena 

 embraced in it, from the simplest to the most complex. He 

 usually set fifteen to sixteen questions, in both the Elementary 

 and Advanced stages, only eight of which were to be answered ; 

 and they always comprised a considerable portion of the whole 

 field embraced in the study. I feel sure that the questions set 

 by him during any four or five years of the period named, 

 would serve as an admirable guide to a student who wished to 

 make himself master of the fascinating study of earth-knowl- 

 edge or " physiography." 



