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would make his selection of half a dozen or so, and send the 

 remainder to London, or to dealers in other places, who would 

 make their principal remuneration out of them. He would 

 frequently write to missionaries and others, desiring them to 

 collect for him at their leisure, liberally refunding them for time 

 and labour. 



A very interesting and intimate intercourse of this kind was 

 thus opened up with a family of young brothers in the Argentine 

 Republic ; four young men, the Messrs. Perrens, relations of 

 some dear friends of ours in Torquay, with whom we have for 

 many years kept up a bright and happy friendship. 



The relaxing these butterflies and fixing them in the cabinets 

 was an occupation of deep interest to us. The strict order and 

 arrangement, with the name of every insect and its habitat, 

 written in his beautiful handwriting, makes these cabinets most 

 valuable. Many an hour has been spent in looking them over 

 with our friends j his eagerness in opening the drawers of the 

 cabinets, with his valuable remarks, information, and the inci- 

 dents attaching to individual specimens, made these visits most 

 instructive as well as interesting. He was always willing to impart 

 amusement and information when he saw that it was valued. 



My husband could very rarely be induced to leave home, but 

 in 1869, at the end of September, we decided to make a short 

 outing, and we started in a carriage for Haytor, on Dartmoor. 

 We stayed at the Rock Inn, and took several excursions ; and 

 Mr. Gosse made drawings of various scenes. The Haytor Rock 

 he sketched most enthusiastically after his usual manner. The 

 weather changed to wet and very misty, but he was very desirous 

 of getting several sacks full of sphagnwn moss for his orchids. The 

 squeezing of the water out of this moss gave him cold, and produced 

 violent pain in his hands. He became so unwell that we were 

 obliged to return home at the end of a fortnight. After a few 

 days his physician, Dr. Finch, pronounced him suffering from 

 rheumatic gout in his hands ; it also attacked his knees. Several 

 treatments were applied, and he kept his room some weeks, but 

 gradually got worse. In November he went to Torquay to try 

 the Turkish baths. He took them twice a week, and continued 

 them to the end of the year. He gave up the Bible-reading 

 meetings, and also all the chapel services for a while; but he 



