378 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



insects. His work at the Museum was most congenial to him, and gave 

 him a happy occupation when his age prohibited him from carrying on 

 his ordinary work. 



A remarkable feature about him was his mental activity ; his mind 

 seemed always active and keenly so. Though an omnivorous reader, he 

 was entirely free from the fault so common among great readers — that of 

 reading mechanically ; and his power of assimilating what he read was 

 extraordinary, as was his memory for verse ; he could recite hundreds of 

 Scotch ballads, or the lyrics of a long succession of the greater English 

 poets. With his friends he loved to discuss questions of general interest 

 in science and art or the books he was reading, and many a feast of reason 

 and flow of soul took place at his home on Parliament Street, for his doors 

 were always open to congenial spirits. These included not only men of 

 science and contemporaries, but many another whose outlook on life was 

 earnest, whether the chief interest lay in letters, in art, or elsewhere. He 

 died at the good old age of seventy-eight years, and will be very much 

 missed, not only by the members of his family, but by a large circle of 

 friends. Of his family of six children, three daughters alone survive. To 

 them we extend our deepest sympathy. 



B /toaster /n>m&. 



["Guide, philosopher aiu! friend."] 



Ah ! you who own the sovereign sway 

 Of commerce and the busy mart, 

 You knew him not, he lived apart, 



The king who passed in state to-day. 



A king who recked not worldly gear, 

 A pauper — you who rate by gold, 

 But rich in knowledge manifold, 



In Nature's lore without a peer. 



He lived his threescore years and ten ; 



He had his court of liegemen true ; 



They loved him, like that chosen few 

 Who served the Master scorned of men. 



