CHAPTER XIX. 

 Literary AV^ o r k . 



Open-air peeparation for liteeary work — dictation to 

 amanuensis — pebsonal recollections of dr. summers^ 

 and of dr. john c. morris — literaey club — adven- 

 tures of a club-night— inity of the nu:n[an race. 



WHEN Dr. Bachman arrived in Charleston, in 

 1815, in very delicate health, by the direction 

 of his physician, he spent much of his time on the 

 United States Revenue Cutters then stationed off 

 Charleston harbor. The invigorating salt air benefited 

 him greatly ; but unwilling to give up so much tmie 

 to what seemed to him merely recreation, he formed 

 the habit of taking with him his little blank book 

 and noting down analogies, etc., suggested, often, by 

 the natural objects that presented themselves. Thus 

 he accomplished, in the open air, much of the pre- 

 paratory work for his sermons and scientific publi- 

 cations. His hand was so steady that he could use his 

 razor in shaving, or write on ship-board witli almost 

 as much comfort as when on land. 



Rev. Dr. Summers, in his Personal Recollections 

 of Dr. Bachman, writes : 



"In preparing for tlie pulpit, the Doctor told me 

 that he usually paced the floor for about two liours 



