414 FRANCIS TREVELYAN BUCKLAND. 



ject before the British Association of Bath, the 

 Society of Arts, the London Institution, indeed all 

 through England and Ireland. He was appointed 

 Scientific Eeferee to the South Kensington Mu- 

 seum, giving a course of lectures and of class 

 demonstration. He sent about sixteen thousand 

 young fish and eggs to the Horticultural Gardens, 

 and with these he helped to illustrate his lectures 

 and inform the public- 

 Through " Land and Water," a paper established 

 by himself and a few friends, he reached and edu- 

 cated a large constituency. 



In 1863, the year previous, he had married Miss 

 Hannah Papes, and made his home at 37 Albany 

 St., Regent's Park. Here he gathered all his pets, 

 who found in Mrs. Buckland a person as kind and 

 tender as their master. Here were brought his 

 favorite monkeys, " Hag " and " Tiny." The lat- 

 ter came from the Zoological Gardens " as good as 

 dead," but, through Mrs. Buckland's good nursing, 

 she became well and strong. 



With these pets, the overworked naturalist had 

 great merriment. He says in his " Log Book " : 

 " When the fire is lighted in the morning, in my 

 museum, the servants put the monkeys in their 

 night cage before it, and directly I come down to 

 breakfast I let them out. They are only allowed 

 to be loose in my museum as they do so much mis- 

 chief ; and in my museum I alone am responsible 

 for the damage they do. The moment the door of 

 the cage is opened, they both rush out like rockets, 



