236 IN MEMORIAM. 



away. Although wandering in his mind occasionally, he was 

 conscious and sensible at intervals to within half-an-hour of his 

 death, and, even when his disease had made great progress, was 

 still anxious about his duties in connection with the next issue 

 of the Club Journal. He was buried at I^ew Southgate 

 Cemetery on the 25th October, in the grave in which his 

 mother had been laid only about a year and nine months before. 

 From no one of its members has the Club received services 

 as varied and continuous as from Mr. Hailes, and no member 

 of the Club has ever been more ready to place his knowledge 

 at the service of beginners in microscopy than he. I, like 

 many others, received my first start with the microscope as 

 well as much subsequent help and guidance at his hands. In 

 connection with " The Crouch End Scientific Society " he 

 started a class of instruction for beginners in microscopic work, 

 and this was only abandoned when it became evident that its 

 members lacked either the time or the inclination to apply 

 themselves seriously to the business in hand. Nothing but 

 dire necessity ever kej^t him away from the meetings of the 

 Club, and it will be long before members will cease to miss his 

 presence and help. His abundant knowledge upon all those 

 matters which belong to what one may call the practical side 

 of life, was always at the disposal of the Club or of any of its 

 members who needed it ; and he was constantly telling one 

 where to buy this, and another how to do that. He was of a 

 very modest and retiring disposition, full of quiet humour, and 

 possessed the most even temper of any man of my acquaint- 

 ance. Whether at home or abroad, ill or well, busy or at 

 leisure, he was always the same, always ready to be of service, 

 always pleasant and agreeable. To the business of the Club 

 he was most devoted, and, fond as he was of cycling in a quiet 

 way, he could not be persuaded to indulge in a ride until all 

 demands of this nature had been met. With him I have 

 visited most of the prettiest spots in North Middlesex, South 

 Essex, and South Herts, and his keen appreciation of their 

 beauties added much to the enjoyment of these visits. When 

 they are repeated the pleasure will be greatly diminished by 

 being unshared. Our friend's place is emptj^ and will be 

 difficult to fill. 



Charles Emery. 



