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which, unlike those mounted in the museum, were available for 

 further investigation in any direction, and these, supplemented 

 occasionally by fresh subjects from the Zoological Gardens, 

 formed the foundation of the lectures. . . . On these evenings 

 it was always my privilege to be with him, and to assist in the 

 work in which he was engaged. In dissecting, as in everything 

 else, he was a very rapid worker, going straight to the point he 

 wished to ascertain with a firm and steady hand, never diverted 

 into side issues, nor wasting any time in unnecessary polishing 

 up for the sake of appearances ; the very opposite, in fact, to 

 what is commonly known as " finikin." His great facility for 

 bold and dashing sketching came in most usefully in this work, 

 the notes he made being largely helped out with illustrations. 



The following is the letter in which he makes himself 

 known to Professor Haeckel of Jena, who, in his thanks for 

 the specimens, bewails the lot of " us poor inland Germans, 

 who have to get help from England." 



The Royal School of Mines, 

 Jermyn Street, London, October 28, 1862. 



Sir — A copy of your exceedingly valuable and beautiful 

 monograph, " Die Radiolarien," came into my hands two or 

 three days ago, and I have been devoting the little leisure I 

 possess just at present to a careful study of its contents, which 

 are to me profoundly interesting and instructive. 



Permit me to say this much by way of introduction to a 

 request which I have to prefer, which is, that you will be good 

 enough to let me have a copy of your Habitationsschrift, De 

 Rhizopodum Finibus, if you have one to spare. If it is sent 

 through Frommans of Jena to the care of Messrs. Williams and 

 Norgate, London, it will reach me safely. 



I observe that in your preface you state that you have no 

 specimen of the famous Barbadoes deposit. As I happen to 

 possess some from Schomburgk's own collection, I should be 

 ashamed to allow you any longer to suffer from that want, and I 

 beg your acceptance of the inclosed little packet. If this is not 

 sufficient, pray let me know and I will send you as much more. 



If you desire it, I can also send you some of the Oran earth, 

 and as much as you like of the Atlantic deep-sea soundings, 

 which are almost entirely made up of Glohigcrina and Polycis- 

 Hna. — I am, Sir, yours very faithfully, 



Thomas H. Huxley. 



