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parts of Philadelphia and quite close to the Academy. He made 
occasional botanical excursions, of which notable ones were to the 
mountains of North Carolina in company with Dr. Gray and other 
botanists. There could not have been a more delightfully cheer- 
ful and obliging travelling companion. The writer well remem- 
bers that on one occasion when at Linville Falls, in what was 
then the wildest and least frequented part of the country, Mr. Red- 
field “ turned up missing,” to the serious concern of the rest.of the 
party. After considerable search he was found sitting on a mossy 
bank, writing up his diary with the utmost serenity, cheerfully an- 
swering anxious inquiries by saying, “Oh, I knew you would 
come for me.” In later years his summers were spent on Mt. 
Desert Island. The excellent catalogue of its flora lately pub- 
lished by Mr. Rand and himself attest his industry while there. 
It is impossible to speak too highly of Mr. Redfield’s personal 
character. Honorable, sincere, courteous, cheerful, always ready 
to do a kind act or to say a gracious word, he displayed that true 
nobility of character which comes of right principle faithfully ad- 
hered to, yet without a trace of aceticismn or austerity. 
Mr. Kand writes: « He was always being good and doing good. 
I have letters lamenting his death from young botanists, whose 
names even he may not have remembered or known, all telling the 
same story,—‘ he was so good to us, so kind in his interest and 
help, so courteous to us in ourignorance.’”” The Rev. Dr. Dickey 
said of him: “I have touched many good lives and found pleasure 
and example in close intercourse with many, * * * * but I have 
never touched a smoother life than this. * * * It was not the 
quietness of silence—it was like the soothing murmur of a mount- 
ain brook ; there was a beauty and fragrance like the beauty and 
fragrance of wild flowers, in this simple yet vigorous life.” 
And ‘so one cannot wonder that he won sincere and lasting 
affection and left a bright example of a right-living, true-hearted 
and attractive gentleman. Once, indeed, the serenity and happi- 
ness of his old age was broken by the stroke of a severe bereave- 
ment; but it only the better showed the strength of his character. 
_ “And thé more 
Fate tried his bastions, she but forced a door 
Leading to sweeter manhood and more sound.” 
