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ing their help, which is rarely or never withheld. There is 
a sort of freemasonry among naturalists in this respect. 
Thus, when Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys opened his correspondence 
with Edward, he said, “ No introduction can be necessary 
from one naturalist to another.” While artists and literary 
men form themselves into cliques, and cut each other up in 
social circles and in newspapers, naturalists, on the contrary, 
seem to be above such considerations of envy and unchari- 
tableness. 
There is also a fellow-fecling among them, and they are 
ready to help each other in various other ways. Thus, when 
Edward was informed by Mr. Spence Bate that the Rev. Mr. 
Norman was working up the British entomostracous crus- 
tacea, including the fish parasites, Edward immediately be- 
gan to scour the coast, and wade along the waves as the 
tide came in, plunging into the rock-pools, in order to pro- 
cure the animals of which Mr. Norman was in search. He 
did this regardless of his health, and also regardless of his 
pocket. 
A long correspondence had already taken place between 
Edward and Mr. Norman; but in the midst of it Edward 
was again laid up by illness, which lasted for about six 
weeks. The correspondence dropped for a time, but it was 
afterward renewed. Mr. Norman, in his letter of May 12th, 
1862, observed: ‘‘I have been absent from home ever since 
I received your last note, or I should have answered it be- 
fore. I am extremely sorry to hear of the cause, your seri- 
ous illness, which prevented your answering my two last let- 
ters, and seemed to end a correspondence from which I had 
derived so much pleasure, finding in yourself such a kin- 
dred, nature-loving spirit. Iam rejoiced, however, that God 
has mercifully raised you up again after so much suffering, 
and that you are recovering the blessings of health and 
strength. 
“Many thanks for the promise of your kind offices for 
me in procuring fish parasites. Our knowledge of them is 
