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INDEX. 



76~7g ; "collection," 79; amateur in- 

 struments, 80 ; first insect cabinet, 82, 

 no, 112, 148; religious fervour and 

 rigidness of thought, 83, 149, 150, 214, 

 276-283, 324-332 ; buoyant Canadian 

 anticipations, 86, 87 ; quits Newfound- 

 land, 89 ; becomes Canadian settler at 

 Compton, 91 ; farm, 92-95, 97, 103 ; 

 his Canadian Naturalist, 96 ; teacher 

 in a township school, 99, 100 ; recog- 

 nized by Canadian Scientific Societies, 

 100 ; temporary ill-health, 103, 104, 

 197, 212, 233, 234, 256, 259 ; tired of 

 Canada, what prospect for a school at 

 Poole? 104 ; change of intention, re- 

 solves for Southern States, id. ; sells 

 farm, 105 ; position at age of twenty- 

 eight, 105 ; journey from Canada to 

 United States, 111, 112 ; welcome by 

 scientific men of Philadelphia, 113-115 ; 

 voyage to Mobile, 115-121 ; reflections, 

 121-123 ; passage to King's Landing, 

 123 ; engaged by Judge Saffold, ib. ; 

 up-country experience, 124, 125 ; 

 school-house, Mount Pleasant, 126, 

 127 ; daily routine, 127-129 ; ento- 

 mological activity, 129-132 ; skill as a 

 zoological artist, 130 ; subjected to 

 social peculiarities, 140, 141 ; morbidity 

 of mind, 144, 145 ; farewell to Dallas 

 and the Saffolds, 146 ; quits America 

 and arrives at Liverpool, 148 ; sale of 

 entomological collection, ib. ; Atlantic 

 voyage, 150, 151 ; refuses a museum 

 curatorship, 151-153 ; attachment to 

 Miss Button, 155 ; seeks fortune in 

 London, 155, 156; unexpected good 

 fortune in sale of Canadian Naturalist 

 MS. to Van Voorst, 157 ; gives instruc- 

 tion in flower-painting, 158, 162 ; pur- 

 suits in 1839, 159 ; sketches of Sher- 

 borne, 163 ; sister's death, 163, 164 ; ill 

 fortune, 164 ; starts an academy in 

 Hackney, ib. ; process of self-education, 

 167-169 ; opening up of a literary 

 career, 169, 170, 177, 178 ; gains valu- 

 able friends, 171, 172 ; removes to 

 Kentish Town, 172 ; nocturnal pursuits 

 leads to arrest, 173 ; suggested visit to 

 Jamaica for British Museum, 178 ; 

 voyage, 179-182 ; occupation in 

 Jamaica, 183-202 ; father's death, 189 ; 

 bitten by a scorpion, 202 ; homeward 



voyage, 202-205 I appearance in 1846, 

 206, 207 ; accidental portrait, 207 ; 

 example of his severity of reproof, 208, 

 209 ; slow growth of means, 210 ; 

 thoughts of visit to Azores, ib. ; literary 

 activity, 211, 212, 218, 219, 227, 231, 



232 ; courtship and marriage to Miss 

 E. Bowes, 217, 218 ; residence in De 

 Beauvoir Square, 219 ; seclusion of 

 home life, 221 ; buys a microscope, 

 222 ; its effect, ib. ; starts study of 

 Rotifera, 222, 223 ; birth of his son, 

 223 ; daily division of studies, 224 ; 

 member of Linnaean and Microscopical 

 Societies, 225 ; improved fortune, ib. ; 

 inaugurates new method of natural 

 history observation, 228, 229 ; archaeo- 

 logical studies, 231 ; social life, 232, 



233 ; marine researches on shores of 

 Devonshire, 238-243 ; return to London, 

 243 ; experiments towards, and estab- 

 lishment of, marine aquariums, 243, 

 244 ; agrees to collect for Zoological 

 Society's aquarium, 244 ; becomes a 

 popular lecturer, 245 ; visits Weymouth, 

 ib. ; dredging and collecting expedi- 

 tions, 244-249 ; returns to London 

 (Islington), 252; visit to Tenby, new 

 friends, 253, 254 ; conducts classes on 

 sea-shore at Ilfracombe, 257-259 ; and 

 at Tenby, 264 ; activity in 1855, 259 ; 

 elected F.R.S., 261 ; wedded life, 261, 

 262 ; correspondence with Darwin, 266- 

 269 ; death of first wife, 270 ; its effect, 

 270-274 ; position as a zoologist, 273 ; 

 premature hopes of an abortive Welsh 

 professorship, 274 ; finally quits London 

 for South Devon, 275 ; study of sea- 

 anemones, 284-290 ; working garb, 

 287, 288 ; literary work, 284, 289-293 ; 

 household at St. Marychurch, 293 ; 

 second marriage, 294 ; abandons zo- 

 ology, 296 ; cultivates orchids, ib. ; 

 correspondence with Darwin, 297-304 ; 

 ceases professional authorship, 305 ; 

 marine zoological enthusiasm revived, 

 307-309 ; excursions described, 310- 

 312 ; study of astronomy, 307, 322, 

 323 ; resuscitation of Lepidoptera 

 studies, 313-317 ; publication of Roti- 

 fera, the joy of his old age, 319, 320 ; 



final family ramble on sea-shore, 321 ; 

 bronchial attack, coupled with heart 



