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Laving any profession, except civil engineering, 

 which I never followed." (c) 



(9) " Ocean voyaging in beginning of life. 

 Solitary observing for years in an observatory, 

 placed in a country verging on a desert, but 

 under southern skies, rich in stars unknown to 

 the ancients and not appreciated by the 

 moderns." (d, h) 



(10) " The origin of my interest in science 

 is mainly due to my father's knowledge of 

 geology, navigation, and engineering. My scien- 

 tific tastes were confirmed by lectures, by .... 

 and .... and .... and especially by the 

 encouragement of the latter." (e, g) 



(11) "Primarily derived [both by inheritance 

 and education] from my father." (a, e) 



(12) " My first start was reading a child's 

 story, called the ' Ghost/ where a philosophical 

 elder brother cures his younger brother of super- 

 stition, by showing him experiments with 

 phosphorus, electricity, &c. This set me on 

 making an electrical machine with an apothe- 



