His Researches on Fossils 



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snuff and mustard to stuff my birds and fish and 

 monkeys with. My consulting rooms will be 

 found at No. 300, Sadler's Hall, at the back of 

 the Library, the other end of the terrace." 



Brown fortunately was not one to be dissuaded 

 either by discouragement or buffoonery. Besides, 

 he had had a sufficient initial success to make him 

 proof against all hostile and ill-informed opposi- 

 tion. More important still, he had a few select 

 and very intelligent backers, who were confident 

 that he would ultimately achieve great things, and 

 who were ever ready to assist him with their own 

 hard labour and by presenting specimens to him. 

 Notable amongst these were Mr. A. W. Higgins 

 and Mr. A. Alcock. Brown therefore threw 

 himself with renewed vigour into his work of 

 fossil-hunting, and his diary abounds in records 

 of countless rambles and expeditions with varying 

 success. Space, however, does not permit me to 

 refer to more than two of these, which I now 

 propose to give in Brown's own words : 



The Stormberg Beds. 



M Notes on a journey to the * Stormberg beds * 

 in search of Dinosaurian remains, from Tuesday, 

 24th December, 1867, at 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. of 27th 

 December. Also on an ensuing journey from 



