278 Puzzling Shrimps. [CHAP. XV. 
writes a letter to Edward, in which he gives him the names 
of seventeen crustacea which it contained. Mr. Bate was 
as voracious for further discoveries as Edward himself was. 
In a letter of December 10th, 1863, after giving an account 
of the various works on which he was engaged, he says: 
“Now, because I am working hard in the path that you 
love so well and labor so industriously in, and so adding to 
your own fame, do not say that I don’t deserve the results 
of your researches.” 
Fame! that “imagined life in the breath of others!” 
What could fame do for poor Edward? What about his 
bread-and-cheese ? 
Curiously enough, the letter last mentioned did not at 
first reach Edward. It was reposted by Mr. Bate, with the 
observation, ‘‘ This has just come back to me as a returned 
letter, because Banff was unknown at the post-office.” 
Mr. Norman also continued to furnish Edward with the 
names of his various crustacea, though he could not name 
some of them. For instance, on the 13th of May, 1863, he 
wrote to Edward: “ The shrimps you have sent completely 
puzzle me. I must wait for a time until I can solve the 
mystery. I believe that they all belong to one species, yet 
there are three, if not four, distinct forms. The general 
characters are so much the same, that I can not think there 
are two species..... But the curious thing is, that I have 
not yet seen a single specimen of the species carrying eggs. 
I hope that you will yet find some, as it will be most inter- 
esting to clear up not only the question of sex, but also to 
find out the manner in which the eggs are carried. These 
forms are among the most interesting things I have seen 
for a long time, because it would almost seem as though 
we had a crustacean with three phases, just as the bee has 
—male, female, and worker.” After giving a number of 
names, Mr. Norman proceeds: “ And, lastly, the parasite from 
the common gurnard is a species new to Britain.” 
In his next letter Mr. Norman informs Edward that he 
