1 Tin American Geologist. July, it 
remained for a few days at the Newberry home and studied 
the region of Cuyahoga Falls with "John Newberry" as his 
guide. His paper presented to the Association of American 
Geologists, in 1M1 makes reference to the fact. Prof. Hall 
did much during that journey to secure a right understanding 
of the relations between the rocks of New York and those of 
the Mississippi valley: but he did nothing more important 
during that trip than that whichhe did at Cuyahoga Falls, in 
giving a positive impetus to the studies of the boy, whose cu- 
riosity had been awakened by the ferns in the coal shales, hut 
who now saw equal importance in the molluscan remains of 
the Waverly. More than once Dr. Newberry told the writer 
what Prof. Hall had done for him during that brief visit ; how 
he had removed many of his difficulties and had enlarged his 
field of view. From that time the determination to he a nat- 
uralist was fixed. 
After the usual preparation, he went t<> Western Reserve 
college at Hudson. Ohio, where Prof. Samuel St. John held the 
ehair of natural history. No happier lot than this ever be- 
fell a young man ; for preceptor and pupil were well mated. 
Indeed the attraction of pupil for preceptor was thought to be 
too great and some members of the faculty took offense, going 
so far as to expostulate with Prof. St. John for encouraging a 
tendency to one-sided development of the boy's intellect. The 
conscientious professor endeavored to bring the pupil to a 
sense of his duty; hut the twig had received the final bend- 
ing and expostulation was of no avail. The years at college 
were -pent well : the curriculum as a whole was not neglected, 
hut the main object was always prominent and all studies were 
pursued with it in full view. 
Graduating as Bachelor of Arts, in 1N4(>. he studied medi- 
cine in the Cleveland Medical school, receiving the degree of 
Doctor in Medicine in 1848 ; after which he visited Pari> to 
complete his medical studies. But. as he stated it. while he 
did some work as a medical student he did a great ileal of 
work as a botanical student under Brongniart. The stay in 
Paris was cut short and he returned in 1S">1 t<» Cleveland, 
where he began to practice medicine. As the city at that 
time had attained only t<> modest dignity, his practice nee - 
sarily reached out into the country and afforded him many an 
