this he investigated with uncommon care, and made in it more 
than one addition to the list of British flowering plants, besides 
many among the Marine Algne, to which for a considerable part of 
his life he paid the closest attention. One of these discovered by, 
and named after him Fucus wiggliii, now know as Naccaria loigghii, 
forms, says Paget, one of the greatest gems in the herbarium. 8 
About the year 1800, the Linnean Society elected Mr. Wigg a 
member of its associates. Mr. Wigg became acquainted in the 
course of his investigations with Sir James Smith, Dr. Aikin, the 
Hon. J. Wenman, Mr. Woodward, men of the same pursuits; and 
Mr. Dawson Turner, who attributed his becoming a botanist to 
Mr. W igg’s influence ; and in one of the papers of the Linnean 
Transactions, Mr. Turner mentions Wigg as his instructor and 
coadjutor. (Vide Linn. Trans., vol. v, p. 215.) 
In 1801, when Mr. Wigg must have been more than fifty years 
old (if the dates are correct), Mr. Turner enabled him to exchange 
the drudgery of a school for a clerkship in the bank of Gurney 
and Turner, which situation he held until the end of his life. 
The following recollections about Mr. Wigg were supplied me 
by Mr. George Fitt, of Norwich, who was personally acquainted 
with Mi\ Dawson Turner, and others connected with the bank at 
that time. “ His place there was a very subordinate one, and his 
pay low in proportion. With all his ability, which was consider- 
able in a certain way, he never acquired any knowledge of banking 
business, and evinced no desire for it.” One singular example of 
this occurred during a “run” on the bank in a money panic; the 
clerks had to stay at business later than usual, and refreshments 
were provided on a table in a corner behind the desks, as no one 
was able to leave his place during the day. Wigg went on with 
his usual employment seemingly unmindful of the bustle, but 
paying particular and frequent attention to the bottled porter and 
sandwiches. At length he remarked to one of the clerks, “ We 
seem very busy to-day, I never saw so many people at the counter 
before ; ” but he was certainly unaware of the cause of The bustle. 
Ho was taciturn and somewhat morose and rough in manner, 
unless he could be interested in some subject of natural history. 
There were two persons with him in the bank, Fred. Crome, 
one of the sons of John Crome, the great artist; and John May, 
* Perlustrations of Ot. Yarmouth. 
