ii.] QUALITIES. 89 



" Father Great energy, and very active ; 

 capable of enduring great fatigue. " 



23. " Active and energetic from infancy to 

 eighty-four years of age. In mind I must leave 

 my works to answer this question ; -but I believe 

 I have been a hard worker during the whole 

 period of my existence. [N.B. No doubt of it.] 



" Father Energetic, both in body and mind > 

 muscular ; a great reader. Mother Delicate, but 

 active and intelligent." 



24. "A strong walker and oarsman ; can write 

 more rapidly than any man I ever met (thirty 

 folios of seventy-two words, equal to 2160 words 

 an hour.) In mind Have always worked long 

 hours and very fast. 



" Father Kemarkable energy and endurance, 

 notwithstanding asthma : very hardworking as a 

 .... Mother Physically weak, but has had 

 a large family ; has done a great deal of original 

 as well as of steady work." 



25. " I am a hard rider with hounds, fond of 

 mountaineering, and not easily tired. 



