172 THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY 



The single scientific memoir for the year is an important 

 addition to our knowledge of fishes : — " Contributions to 

 Morphology. Ichthyopsida. — No. 2. On the Oviducts 

 of Osmerus [the smelt] ; with Remarks on the Relations 

 of the Teleostean with the Ganoid Fishes " (Proc. Zool. 

 Soc, 1883, pp. 132-9. Read March 20, 1883. Sci. 

 Mem., iv, xxxiii, p. 5^3)' 



The Fisheries Exhibition held in London during 1883 

 involved a large amount of work of various kinds, includ- 

 ing the " Inaugural Address " on behalf of the Com- 

 missioners, in response to a welcome given by H.R.H. 

 the Prince of Wales (Fisheries Exhibition Literature, iv, 

 1885, PP- 3-22. Delivered June 18, 1883. Sci. Mem., 

 Supply. Vol., v, p. 80). In this some of the views 

 regarding fish-supply already mentioned {cf. p. 160) are 

 reiterated. 



A further mark of appreciation on the part of the 

 University of Cambridge took place this summer, for 

 Huxley delivered the Rede Lecture on June 12, taking 

 " Evolution, as illustrated by the Pearly Nautilus," for 

 his subject (Nature, xxviii, 1883, pp. 187-9. Sci. Mem., 

 Supply. Vol., IV, p. ^i)^. To one familiar with his 

 appearance and manner only four years previously the 

 marked ageing and comparative feebleness were painfully 

 apparent. Later in the summer, however (Life, ii, p. 58), 

 his health is said to have been unusually good, giving 

 no hint of the complete breakdown so soon to take 

 place. 



An amusing incident took place at Cambridge when 

 Huxley was up for the Rede Lecture, in connection with 

 the conferring of honorary degrees upon a large number 

 of celebrities, including Matthew Arnold, Sir Richard 

 Temple, and Lubbock. Huxley, enveloped in his red 

 gown, sat near the front with the other doctors. There 



