38 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



was conducted by the Yery Kev. Provost Ball, LL.D., in accordance 

 with the rites of the Scottish Episcopal Church. 



Mr. Robertson is survived by his wife and by two sons, the 

 younger of whom is the well-known artist, Mr. Tom Robertson. 



It is scarcely possible to estimate fully the loss which science 

 has sustained in the removal of one whose fruitful labours have 

 extended over w^ell nigh half-a-century. His endowments were 

 of no ordinary kind. His habits of perseverance and endurance, 

 disciplined by the hard experiences of early life, were combined 

 with the keenest powers of observation, scrupulous accuracy in 

 recording facts, and the most exact method in arranging scientific 

 details. He was never elated by his successes, but esteemed the 

 facts of science more highly than his share in their discovery. 

 His character was a rare combination of unassuming simplicity, 

 honest candour, inflexible integrity, and native shrewdness. 

 He had a keen sense of humour, which often served to enliven the 

 driest discussions. In his private relations, goodness of heart 

 rendered him one of the kindest and warmest of friends ; while to 

 those who had done him injury he was ever ready to extend that 

 forgiving charity which suffereth long and is kind, and which 

 "thinketh no evil. 



To our own Society the loss is heavier than can be expressed in 

 words. In the hearts of those who have long known and esteemed 

 him, affectionate memories will linger which time can never efface; 

 while the work which he accomplished among as, as one of ourselves, 

 will remain as an enduring memorial of the worker, an example 

 of what may be attained by honest labour, a source of encourage- 

 ment, and an inspiration of success. 



Papers read before the Natural History Society 



OF Glasgow.* 



" The Colours of Crabs." [Read 27th November, 1855.] 

 " List of the Marine Crustaceans found in the West of Scotland." 

 [Read 30th September, 1856.] 



* A full Bibliography, showing Mr. Robertson's other contributions to 

 scientific literature in separate or joint authorship, up till 1891, is contained 

 in The Naturalist of C umbrae, pp. 385-390. 



