72 IN MEMORIAM* 



In 1864 Mr. llcevcs joined the Royal Microscopical Society, and 

 in 1868 he was made Assistant Secretary. 



The appointment he held for 16 years, and on his resignation, 

 in consideration of his services, he was presented with the sum 

 of £100. 



Members of the Qiiekett will remember with pleasure that 

 about this time they embraced the opportunity of his retiring 

 from office to present him with an illuminated address and a 

 purse of sovereigns in recognition not only of his services to 

 microscopy, but also of the esteem in which he was held. This 

 was always a source of great gratification to him, and the 

 address henceforth held a prominent position in his room above 

 the table devoted to microscopic appliances. 



It would be unnecessary to detail here the services he rendered 

 to our Club as a Member of the General and Excursion Com- 

 mittees. Virtually he was the leader of the excursions and 

 botanical referee, and so long as the annual dinner was held 

 at Leatherhead he was the principal organizer of the day's 

 proceedings. At the ordinary meetings of the Club he was 

 perhaps the most constant attender, and the register would 

 show that the nights on which he was absent were very, very 

 few. 



Towards the close of last year his health began to fail, and 

 his friends noticed an unusual pallor in his face and a gradual 

 loss of flesh. He had complained of rheumatic pains at times 

 for many years, but they were never so bad as to confine him to 

 the house. The first sj^mptoms of his malady — cancer of the 

 stomach — were sickness with diarrhoea, which kept him to his 

 rooms for nearly a week. He would not admit it was anything 

 more than a bilious attack, but after it had recurred several 

 times, and he had on each occasion vomited much blood, he 

 acknowledged that he was failing, and said he wanted some- 

 one to nurse him. With this object in view he left London on 

 30th January, and went to reside with his sister at Middleton 

 Vicarage, taking with him his two pet dormice, which had been 

 his companions for some time. He did not at first appear to 

 have suffered from the journey, but a day or two after his 

 arrival he got worse, and on February 5th he . had frequent 

 vomiting of blood. In a few days he rallied, and was able to 

 sit up a little in his bedroom each day, was in his usual good 



