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from the obscurity of the subject. (9) My 

 father's and brother's pursuit of field sports, 

 and thence indirectly to natural history. (13) 

 An early passion for mechanism, which led me 

 to take to physiology and anatomy, as the 

 engineering side of my profession. (15) My 

 taste for biology began with keeping insects. 

 (24) .... subsequently to the desire to in- 

 vestigate certain questions bearing on medicine. 



Botany. None. 



Medical Science. (3) Connection of hospital 

 and medical school with the place of his resi- 

 dence. (4) Love of facts and the impression 

 that good surgery is a great fact. 



Statistics. None. 



Mechanics. (3) Profession fell in with natural 

 tastes, such as sketching. (4) Innate faculties, 

 serviceable to profession under the pressure of 

 circumstances. 



