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seeing the scheme successfully carried out. Amidst the labours 

 thus entailed upon him, as "well as the fulfilment of other duties, 

 he still found leisure for indulging in his favourite pursuits, and 

 by his diligence as a collector he has done much to illustrate the 

 Fauna and Flora of that portion of Africa where he was located. 

 His contributions to this Society were frequent and varied, and 

 many of his friends have had their collections enriched by his 

 donations. 



Though Mr. Thomson, when in this country, took an interest in 

 all departments of Natural History, he was chiefly attached to the 

 study of plants, and in his botanical excursions was successful in 

 finding new stations for many of our rare and interesting species, 

 and these have been recorded on his authority in the latest edition 

 of Hennedy's "Clydesdale Flora," 1877. 



Mr. Thomson was endowed with a cheerful and amiable disposi- 

 tion, which made him a favourite with all who had the pleasure of 

 his acquaintance, while to those who enjoyed a closer friendship he 

 was endeared by his warm and generous affections, as well as by 

 his upright bearing and many sterling qualities. 



The members, though deeply regretting his loss, have the satis- 

 faction of knowing that Mr. Thomson did good work, and was 

 useful in the sphere in which he was placed, and feel that the 

 remembrance of his many good characteristics will prolong his 

 memory amongst them. 



Mr. Thomson died at Victoria., Western Africa, on 14th 

 December last, after a week's illness. 



SPECIMENS EXHIBITED. 



Mr. James Coutts exhibited several objects of interest from 

 Victoria, Western Africa, forwarded by the late Mr. George 

 Thomson, corresponding member, to whose memory he paid a 

 warm and deserved tribute. Among the objects shown were 

 two feet of a large Lizard, or Iguana, with a few of its eggs, 

 and which reaches, when full grown, a length of seven or eight 

 feet; a species of Lemur — a genus of quadrumanous animals 

 nearly allied to the monkeys, but with a form approaching 

 that of quadrupeds, which live chiefly on fruits and insects, 

 and mostly inhabit Madagascar and the East Indian Islands; 

 as also a species of Chiroptera or Bat, a family of mammals 

 widely distributed over the globe, and found both in the old 



