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And on another occasion he adds a postscript to say, 

 " You write worse than ever. So do I." 



However, the article got finished in course of time : — 



Aug. 5. — I have seen and done with all Amphibia but the 

 last sheet, and that only waits revise. Considering it was to be 

 done in May, I think I am pretty punctual. 



The next year, immediately before taking Sir Wyville 

 Thomson's lectures at Edinburgh, he writes about another 

 article which he had in hand : — 



4 Marlborough Place, N.W., March 16, 1875. 



My dear Baynes — I am working against time to get a lot of 

 things done — amongst others BIOLOGY — before I go north. 

 I have written a large part of said article, and it would facilitate 

 my operation immensely if what is done were set up and I had 

 two or three proofs, one for Dyer, who is to do part of the 

 article. 



Now, if I send the MS. to North Bridge will you swear by 

 your gods (o — i — 3 — i or any greater number as the case may 

 be) that I shall have a proof swiftly and not be kept waiting for 

 weeks till the whole thing has got cold, and I am at something 

 else a hundred miles away from Biology ? 



If not I will keep the MS. till it is all done, and you know 

 what that means. — Ever yours very truly, 



T. H. Huxley. 



Cragside, Morpeth, Aug. 12. 1875. 



My dear Baynes — The remainder of the proof of " Biol- 

 ogy " is posted to-day — " Praise de Lor'." 



I have a dim recollection of having been led by your soft 

 and insinuating ways to say that I would think (only think') 

 about some other article. What the deuce was it? 



I have told the Royal Society people to send you a list of 

 Fellows, addressed to Black's. 



We have had here what may be called bad weather for Eng- 

 land, but it has been far better than the best Edinburgh weather 

 known to my experience. 



All my friends are out committing grouse-murder. As a 

 vivisection Commissioner I did not think I could properly ac- 

 company them. — Ever yours very faithfully, 



T. H. Huxley. 



