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him his Journal, writing an account of the cattle-hunting 
in the Falklands at John Murray the publisher's suggestion 
— ^the subject being only scantily referred to in the Journal 
— and supplying a number of illustrations (see p. 86). These 
were vignetted for wood-cutting from Hooker's original 
sketches by Walter Fitch, the Kew draughtsman. Fitch was 
accuracy itself when drawing plants ; but in landscape Hooker 
found that he * refined upon Mount Sabine without improving 
it,' and soberly pencilled above it a more faithful outline of 
the mountain. 
Of the specialists who lent their aid in working out certain 
sections of the Cryptogams, Dr. Harvey was the most valued 
helper as well as intimate friend, to whom he could write with 
entire freedom. One of his other helpers indeed 'describes 
by steam, and all I can say is, I hope I shall not have so many 
remarks upon yours as his ; remarks is an unconmion modest 
word here I assure you.' In fact, Hooker had to do that work 
all over again. But as to Harvey, no one should touch the 
many seaweeds until he had a fair chance. ' I send,' writes 
Hooker (May 21, 1844), * everything on which I can lay my 
hands — because you must see whole suites of things to judge 
of them.' His intention was to keep the Antarctic Algae 
from Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Southern Ocean, and 
Kerguelen's Land * distinct from the Auckland and Campbell 
Isld. ones, as the phenogamic Floras of those regions are 
very distinct.' 
... I think the sets of Macrocystis will prove that too 
many species have been made of the genus— but I should 
Hke all the forms, made by Bory i into species, to be acknow- 
ledged under some form or other, as my great anxiety 
throughout will be by my book to show that the English 
have done as much for Crypt. Bot. as the French [apropos 
of Montague's brochure on the subject], and I wish par- 
ticularly always to state who was the first discoverer of 
a species. ... I am also particularly anxious that the 
1 Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint Vincent (1780-1846), naturalist, soldier, and 
geographer. He sailed in 1800 with Baudius, the geographer and naturalist, 
to explore the Australian coasts. Owing to illness he was left at Bourbon, 
and proceeded to study its natural history. 
