in.] ORIGIN OF TASTE FOE SCIENCE. 165 



BIOLOGY. 



Zoological Subsection. 



(1) [Yes.] " Inherited from my father's family, 

 who have generally been attached to natural 

 history [especially botany most remarkable ex- 

 amples are given]. My scientific tastes were 



largely determined by being appointed " 



(a, d, e) 



(2) " Certainly innate Strongly con- 

 firmed and directed by the voyage in the . . . ." 

 (a, h) 



(3) " Love of observation and natural history 

 innate ; [I had them] as early as I can remember. 

 My grandfather was very fond of natural history, 

 and a [more distant] relative has written an 



excellent fauna of .... The help of Mr 



has aided me immensely, but not, I think, altered 

 my tendency." (a, e,f) 



(4) "Homology innate, and derived from my 

 mother. I trace the origin of my interest in 

 science decidedly to my mother's observations in 



