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bent; that portion of the innate tendency 

 which admitted of being " resolved in the direc- 

 tion " of the scientific pursuit, being satisfied, the 

 remainder being wasted. These cases are not 

 numerous only 16 altogether but I give them 

 the third place for the same reason that I gave 

 group (B) the second. 



Physics and Mathematics. (5) Possession of 

 special instruments. (8) Choosing engineering 

 as a profession, but not following it. (19) Love 

 of yachting (leading to researches on magnetism 

 of ships). 



Chemistry. (6) The obtaining of correct and 

 accurate results in chemical analysis gave me 

 great satisfaction. 



Geology. (l) Interest in discoveries made in 



(3) A very early love of experiment 



and chemistry. (6) Should have followed che- 

 mistry and physics, but circumstances .... 

 gave opportunities for geology. 



Zoology. (5) My choosing .... for special 

 investigation was due to a positive fascination 



