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results of a little bit of work of my own. The Glacier 

 paper in the Phil. Trans, is essentially and in all respects 

 Professor Tyndall's. He took up glacier work in conse- 

 quence of a conversation at my table, and we went out 

 to Switzerland together, and of course talked over 

 the matter a good deal. However, except for my friend's 

 insistence, I should not have allowed my name to appear 

 as joint author, and I doubt whether I ought to have 

 yielded. But he is a masterful man and over-generous. 



And in a letter to Hooker he writes : 



By the way, you really must not associate me with 

 Tyndall and talk about our theory. My sole merit in 

 the matter (and for that I do take some credit) is to have 

 set him at work at it, for the only suggestion I made, viz. 

 that the veined structure was analogous to his artificial 

 cleavage phenomena, has turned out to be quite wrong. 



Tyndall fairly made me put my name to that paper, 

 and would have had it first if I would have let him, but 

 if people go on ascribing to me any share in his admirable 

 work I shall have to make a public protest. All I am 

 content to share is the row, if there is to be one. 



The following letters to Hooker and Tyndall touch 

 upon his Swiss trips of 1856 and 1857 : 



BERNE, Sept. 3, 1856. 



I send you a line hence, having forgotten to write 

 from Interlaken, whence we departed this morning. 



The Weissthor expedition was the most successful 

 thing you can imagine. We reached the Riffelberg in 

 11^ hours, the first six being the hardest work I ever 

 had in my life in the climbing way, and the last five 

 carrying us through the most glorious sight I ever 

 witnessed. During the latter part of the day there was 

 not a cloud on the whole Monte Rosa range, so you may 



