ii.] QUALITIES. 79 



" Father Very considerable energy both in 

 body and mind. Mother Below the average in 

 bodily energy, but remarkably active mentally." 



3. " When fishing or shooting (my only occu- 

 pation during the holidays) I am the whole day 

 on my legs. Of mind In thirteen years I 

 examined and named some 40,000 examples, de- 

 scribed about 7,000 species, wrote some 6,000 

 pages of printed matter, carrying on at the same 

 time a great deal of correspondence. 



"Father I cannot say. Mother Is active 

 the whole day. At the age of sixty-three she 

 took sole charge of my child, then but a few 

 weeks old, nursing it for three years, night and 

 day. Energy of mind equal to that of her 

 body." 



4. " Remarkable energy and activity of body, 

 and power of enduring fatigue and going without 

 food. Extremely fond of and an adept at all 

 field sports. Abstemious. Of mind Vigorous 

 pursuit of scientific experiments and investiga- 

 tions, of investment and management of money, 

 business transactions, &c. 



