▁Dr . ▁F enn ell ' s ▁school ▁in ▁W im ble don . ▁Here ▁he ▁took ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁reading ▁but ▁was ▁often ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁sp ending ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁woods ▁nearby . ▁Le aving ▁school ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁study ▁chem istry , ▁at ▁the ▁suggestion ▁of ▁Dr . ▁F enn ell , ▁in ▁London ▁under ▁Dr . ▁Ke ating ▁at ▁St . ▁Paul ' s ▁Church yard . ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁find ▁the ▁teaching ▁satisf actory ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁ph arm ac ist ▁in ▁To oting , ▁but ▁quit ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁to ▁try ▁his ▁luck ▁as ▁an ▁author ▁and ▁editor . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁he ▁produced ▁an ▁annot ated ▁edition ▁of ▁Gilbert ▁White ' s ▁Natural ▁History ▁of ▁Sel bor ne ▁which ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 8 . ▁He ▁was ▁offered ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁cur ator ▁at ▁the ▁museum ▁of ▁the ▁A si atic ▁Society ▁of ▁Beng al ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 1 . ▁He ▁was ▁so ▁poor ▁that ▁he ▁needed ▁an ▁advance ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁pounds ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁trip ▁to ▁Cal cut ta . ▁In ▁India , ▁B ly th ▁was ▁poor ly ▁paid ▁( the ▁A si atic ▁Society ▁did ▁not ▁expect ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁European ▁cur ator ▁for ▁the ▁sal ary ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁offer ), ▁with ▁a ▁sal ary ▁of ▁ 3 0 0 ▁pounds ▁per ▁year ▁( which ▁was