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Tyson's interests in Natural History were by no means 

 limited to the plant world. Of late years, he had taken 

 up the study of marine shells, being inspired thereto by 

 the recent monograph on Port Alfred shells by the 

 American authority, P. Bartsch. 



He also collected insects and sundry small animals for 

 the Albany Museum, and his room at Port Alfred became 

 the rendez-vous of naturalists, where residents and 

 visitors brought material of various kinds for his identi- 

 fication : in this capacity, he usually satisfied his visitors, 

 for he had a good general knowledge of the local fauna, 

 and an exceptionally fine memory for scientific names. 



Willie Tyson never grew old : he retained to the last a 

 breezy youthful vivacity and all his mental faculties were 

 unimpaired. 



His name is perpetuated in the genus Tysonia (Bora- 

 ginaceae) described by Dr. Bolus, and also in the many 

 specific n-ames of South African plants which were first 

 discovered by him. 



J. H. 

 Frank Pym. 



We much regret to have to record the death of Mr. 

 Frank Pym, on May 6th, 1920, at the early age of 41. 

 The deceased gentleman was well known in Grahamstown, 

 his birthplace, and throughout the Eastern Province, hav- 

 ing for twenty-one years held the office of Curator at the 

 Kingwilliamstown Museum after a period of apprentice- 

 ship as assistant in the Albany Museum, Grahamstown. 

 In building up the collection of those institutions, Frank 

 Pym acquired a great first-hand knowledge of the fauna 

 of the Eastern Province, much of whicli unfortunately is 

 now lost to us, for he w^ote but little. He was indeed 

 no arm-chair zoologist, nor a compiler of books, though 

 the knowledge he had gained was freely given to those 

 who sought his help, and no colleague ever appealed to 

 him in vain. 



