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having any profession, except civil engineering, 

 which I never followed." (c) 



(9) " Ocean voyaging in beginning of life. 

 Solitary observing for years in an observatory, 

 placed in a country verging on a desert, but 

 under southern skies, rich in stars unknown to 

 the ancients and not appreciated by the 

 moderns." (d, h) 



(10) "The origin of my interest in science 

 is mainly due to my father's knowledge of 

 geology, navigation, and engineering. My scien- 

 tific tastes were confirmed by lectures, by .... 

 and .... and .... and especially by the 

 encouragement of the latter." (e, g) 



(11) "Primarily derived [both by inheritance 

 and education] from my father." (a, e) 



(12) " My first start was reading a child's 

 story, called the ' Ghost/ where a philosophical 

 elder brother cures his younger brother of super- 

 stition, by showing him experiments with 

 phosphorus, electricity, &c. This set me on 

 making an electrical machine with an apothe- 



