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were actually first figured in the 1 Depths of the Sea ’ as from 
off the Butt of Lewis, that is as much within the British area 
as the waters trawled by the i Flying Fox,’ and were again 
recorded by me as among the Crustacea procured in the 
1 Knight Errant ’ expedition. 
I must conclude with some general observations, regretting 
to occupy your pages on personal matters, but constrained to 
do so. 
MS. Names . — I regard the publication of these as highly 
objectionable, and it is well understood that authors are not 
obliged to recognize them. I have had at times scores, I 
think 1 may say hundreds, of MS. names in my collection, 
but never have printed such names unless compelled by cir- 
cumstances to do so. 
Correspondents . — Mr. Pocock lays to my charge that a 
letter which he wrote to me asking whether I had described 
Ebalia nux remained unanswered. I have no recollection on 
the subject, though I have a recollection of Mr. Pocock asking 
me some question, which I am under the impression I 
answered by postcard. If I left his inquiry unanswered 
I am very sorry. I never omitted to answer a letter in my 
life from willing want of courtesy, but I deeply regret to say 
that I have been obliged to leave many unanswered from the 
impossibility of finding time to reply to them. Last 
autumn, when Mr. Pocock must have written, I was quite 
unable to answer the numerous letters which were written 
to me. This is impressed on my mind by the remem- 
brance that my friend Prof. Jeffrey Bell wrote twice if 
not three times to ask me to allow him to see certain Echini 
which he desired to examine in connexion with his notes on 
the Echinoderms of the 1 Flying Fox,’ and that, though 
wishing to assist him as far as possible, I was unable to find 
time to send them until they were too late to be of service 
( vide * Annals,’ ser. 6, vol. iv. p. 441, note). 
I am not a naturalist by profession. Science is the recrea- 
tion, not the business of my life, and has always to be kept 
subservient to duty. Often, especially in the late autumn 
and winter months, I can find little or no time for the 
pleasurable pursuit of natural history. When possible I 
endeavour to answer letters at once ; but sometimes such an 
accumulation takes place that hope of making up arrears 
vanishes. For years, though usually working in one form or 
another not less than twelve hours a day, the time which I 
have had for natural history has been more taken up in 
