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tive Anatomy (may it be d d), which I have had in 

 hand these seven years. 



E. Getting heaps of remains of new Labyrinthodonts 

 from the Glasgow coalfield, which have to be described. 



F. Working at a memoir on Glyptodon based on a new 

 and almost entire specimen at the College of Surgeons. 



G. Preparing a new decade upon Fossil fishes for this 

 place. 



H. Knowing that I ought to have written long ago a 

 description of a most interesting lot of Indian fossils sent 

 to me by Oldham. 



I. Being blown up by Hooker for doing nothing for 

 the Natural History Review. 



K. Being bothered by sundry editors just to write 

 articles "which you know you can knock off in a 

 moment." 



L. Consciousness of having left unwritten letters which 

 ought to have been written long ago, especially to C. 

 Darwin. 



M. General worry and botheration. Ten or twelve 

 people taking up my time all day about their own affairs. 



N. 0. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. 



Societies. 



Clubs. 



Dinners, evening parties, and all the apparatus for 

 wasting time called " Society." Colensoism and bothera- 

 tion about Moses. . . . Finally pestered to death in 

 public and private because I am supposed to be what they 

 call a " Darwinian." 



If that is not enough, I could exhaust the Greek 

 alphabet for heads in addition. 



I am glad to hear that Wyman thinks well of my 

 book, as he is very competent to judge. I hear it is re- 

 published in America, but I suppose I shall get nothing 

 out of it. 



An undated letter to Kingsley, who had suggested 



