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ii.]   QUALITIES.   117

3. "Retentive for nomenclature, but not for numbers or history."

4. ". . . . during practitional life I have gone over the foraminiferae and remember all their names."

Good memory, no particulars given.

1. "Very remarkable retentiveness of memory. " Father--Good. Mother-Very good, full of anecdote."

2. " Very good memory as far as my 85th birthday."

3. " Very good.

11 Father-Good."

4. " Very retentive; but not exactly accurate."

5. "Retentive memory for what was of interest, and very accurate. " Father-Retentive."

6. "Very good as a boy and young man."