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coincidence, Huxley's newly -made friend, Tyndall, 

 was likewise a candidate for a chair at Toronto, and 

 likewise rejected. Two letters, concerning Tyndall's 

 election to the Royal Society, contain references both 

 to Toronto and to Sydney. 



4 UPPER YORK PLACE, ST. JOHN'S WOOD, 

 Dec. 4 [1851]. 



MY DEAR SIR I was greatly rejoiced to find I could 

 be of service to you in any way, and I only regret, for 

 your sake, that my name is not a more weighty one. 

 Your election, I should think, can be a matter of no 

 doubt. 



As to Toronto, I confess I am not very anxious about 

 it. Sydney would have been far more to my taste, and 

 I confess I envy you what, as I hear, is the very good 

 chance you have of going there. 



It used to be our headquarters in the Rattlesnake and 

 my home for three months in the year. Should you go, 

 I should be very happy, if you like, to give you letters 

 to some of my friends. 



Greatly as I wish we had been destined to do our 

 work together, I cannot but offer the most hearty wishes 

 for your success in Sydney. Ever yours very faithfully 



THOMAS H. HUXLEY. 



John Tyndall, Esq. 



41 NORTH BANK, REGENT'S PARK, 



May 7, 1852. 



MY DEAR TYNDALL Allow me to be one of the first 

 to have the pleasure of congratulating you on your new 

 honours. I had the satisfaction last night to hear your 

 name read out as one of the selected of the Council of the 

 Royal Society for election to the Fellowship this year, 

 and you are therefore as good as elected. 



I always made sure of your success, but I am not the 



