90 ENGLISH MEN OF SCIENCE. [CHAP. 



"Father An active man all his life, riding 

 every day, and always about, although over 

 eighty." 



26. " Energy shown by much activity, and, 

 whilst I had health, power of resisting fatigue. 

 I and one other man were alone able to fetch 

 water for a large party of officers and men 

 utterly prostrated [other facts given in illus- 

 tration of undoubted energy.] In mind 

 Shown by vigorous and long- continued work 

 on same subject, as twenty years on .... 

 and nine years on . . . . 



" Father Great power of endurance, although 

 feeling much fatigue, as after consultations after 

 long journeys ; very active ; not restless. In 

 mind Habitually very active, as shown in con- 

 versation with a succession of people during the 

 whole day." 



27. " Considerable enduring power in fulfilling 

 any given task or duty ; have dissected con- 

 tinually for three or four weeks eight or nine 

 hours a day, devoting some sixteen hours to the 

 work at critical times. In mind Considerable. 



