his lecture afresh, and adapted it to each new audience. 

 Some of his hearers have told me that there was some- 

 thing infectious in his enjoyment of his subject, and 

 I can well believe it but he was never c popular ', if the 

 word implies an unscientific or trivial treatment of his 

 theme. 



Some of the fellow workers in the same field whom he 

 knew well in his earlier days in person or by correspon- 

 dence have been mentioned John Black wall, R. H. 

 Meade, Professor T. Thorell, C. L. Koch and his son 

 Ludwig, and Eugene Simon ; others were General 

 A. W. M. van Hasselt, Graf E. von Keyserling, Dr. 

 Philip Bertkau, M. Leon Becker, Herr L. Kulczynski, 

 and M. Roger de Lessert ; and in America and the 

 Colonies, Mr. J. H. Emerton, Mr. G. W. Peckham, 

 Mr. H. H. B. Bradley, and Mr. Nathan Banks. Some 

 of these are happily still living. His naturalist friends 

 in Great Britain are too many to mention, but I remem- 

 ber that visits were paid to Bloxworth by Professor 

 Rolleston, Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace (several times), 

 Mr. G. C. Champion, Mr. F. D. Godman, Mr. F. M. 

 Campbell, Dr. A. Horner, Mr. G. H. Carpenter, 

 Mr. R. I. Pocock- and several times by Mr. Cecil 

 Warburton, Mr. H. Donisthorpe, and Dr. Randell 

 Jackson, the last of whom my father hoped would carry 

 on his work when he himself should have gone. 



My father was naturally a member of many societies 

 devoted to his favourite pursuits. He became a corre- 



