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He also received a specially fitted microscope from the Royal 

 Society for petrological study, in which he became very pro- 

 ficient. During his residence in Madagascar he sent home 

 many hundreds of plants, a great proportion of which were new 

 to science, and also a large number of rock sections for micro- 

 scopical and polariscope study. Twice he was offered valuable 

 positions under the French Government in this island, but he 

 was too true a missionary to give up Christian work. 



CHAM^TLECN VU.LSJI 



Chameleons 



