1 78 The Naturalist of Cumbrae. 



his "Supplement to Johnston's Catalogue of the 

 British non-parasitical Worms," and in this book 

 numerous references are made to specimens con- 

 tributed from Cumbrae. 



In Bate and Westwood's work on the "British 

 Amphipoda and Isopoda," which appeared in parts 

 between 1862 and 1868, repeated acknowledgments 

 are made to their kind and valued correspondent in 

 that island, and his observations are frequently 

 quoted. The work in question, indeed, might have 

 been made more full and more accurate had the 

 authors, among their numerous other avocations, 

 found time to appeal even more than they did to his 

 assistance and resources. 



In 1862, he began a correspondence with the Rev. 

 Alfred Merle Norman. The first subject of it was 

 the groups of minute crustaceans, known as the 

 ostracoda ; but, as might be expected with two such 

 naturalists, whose sympathies ranged through the 

 whole field of marine zoology and botany, as well as 

 over many matters outside of that field, the inter- 

 course thus begun soon extended to many other 

 points of interest which they had in common, and 

 has been prolonged through many years of ardent 

 scientific industry and personal friendship. 



An incident in which they were concerned together 

 may bring this chapter to a close. The two, with 

 another friend, had been out on a dredging expedition 

 from Millport. They were delayed by a storm for 

 some hours after their return to Fern Bank had been 

 expected. When it was now pitch dark, the rain 

 descending in torrents, and the wind blowing in 



