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wrote letters Biostly in' tfxe evening, and nis elementary botanical works 
But ill nis younger days nis eyes were unusually strong, an'd he vjculd 
work witn the microscope by lamp light as readily as by day- li gnt. 
■^ougn a steady and unwear\^ng worker he was not rapid, he would throw 
aside sheet after s,heet to rewr i tepf^fceir, especially if it was any p^tit 
he wished to make «5“pe^draii5|^ clear and strong — or any reasoning that 
Should be from tne soundest point of view, it was always a wonder to 
those about him that he could stand as ne die the unceasing labor, but 
he was a sound sleeper even if tne hours mignt be short, and of, a vi- 
gorous, wicy, active temperament— and when ne did take a holiday he too 
it Heartily. his rest and recreation was in journeys, longer and 
shorter, and every two or three years sen-e long outing would be planned, 
to give him the needed re fresement — But ne m.ust always be busy even 
then, somewhere to go, sometning to see — taking rest in quiet seemed 
impossible to nim ior more tnan' a day at a time. -exp.lor,.i.ag, 
a■^l4-m©untain ^'-slimbin'c,.:.: and, s-cenerv. ' 
