374 LIFE OF PROFESSOR HUXLEY CHAP. XVI 



I am not quite clear as to the extent to which my 

 children have colonised Woodtown at present. But it 

 seems to me that there must be three or four Huxleys 

 (free or in combination, as the chemists say) about the 

 premises. Please give them the paternal benediction ; 

 and with very kind remembrances to Mrs. Collier, believe 

 me Yours very faithfully, T. H. HUXLEY. 



FOWEY HOTEL, FOWEY, CORNWALL, 

 Sept. 27, 1884. 



MY DEAR FOSTER I return your proof, with a few 

 trifling suggestions here and there. . . . 



I fancy we may regard the award as practically settled, 

 and a very good award it will be. 



The address is beginning to loom in the distance. I 

 have half a mind to devote some part of it to a sketch 

 of the recent novelties in histology touching the nucleus 

 question and molecular physiology. 



My wife sent me your letter. By all means let us 

 have a confabulation as soon as I get back and settle 

 what is to be done with the " aged P." 



I am not sure that I shall be at home before the end 

 of the week. My lectures do not begin till next week, 

 and the faithful Howes can start the practical work 

 without me, so that if I find myself picking up any good 

 in these parts, I shall probably linger here or hereabouts. 

 But a good deal will depend on the weather inside as 

 well as outside. I am convinced that the prophet 

 Jeremiah (whose works I have been studying) must have 

 been a flatulent dyspeptic there is so much agreement 

 between his views and mine. Ever yours, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



But the net result of this holiday is summed up 

 in a note, of October 5, to Sir M. Foster : 



I got better while I was in Cornwall and Wales, and, 

 at present, I don't think there is anything the matter 



