CHAPTER XV. 
DISCOVERIES AMONG THE CRUSTACEA. 
Tue reader will find this chapter, as well as the next, 
rather uninteresting. But it is necessary that the chapters 
should be written, in order to show the contributions which 
Edward made to the scientific discoveries of his day. 
Mr. C. Spence Bate, of Plymouth, the well-known zool- 
ogist, entered into correspondence with Edward in 1856, 
while the latter was engaged in collecting marine objects 
along the sea-coast of Banff. It appears that Mr. Bate had 
sent to Edward some publications on natural history, and 
that Edward requested Mr. Bate to name the various crus- 
taceans which he sent him. To this Mr. Bate willingly as- 
sented, and a correspondence began between them, which 
continued for many years. Most of the letters have been 
lost, and those which have been preserved “in the box in 
the lumber garret’” are not of very great interest. 
Edward seems to have been particularly busy between 
the years 1861 and 1865. Multitudes of bottles were sent, 
during that interval, from Banff to Plymouth. The Bottles 
were often smashed in passing through the post. Some- 
times there was only a mass of débris to examine. In one 
batch there was a new species of Leucothoii; in another, 
part of an Eusirus—“ the jirs¢ British specimen.” 
In one of his letters Mr. Bate says: “There are two mi- 
nute specimens of a prawn which I do not recognize. They 
are too much damaged for examination; but if you can 
find any perfect ones like these, I should like you to send 
