1895.] *J** [Frazer. 



1885. One incident should be mentioned in connection witli his command 

 of the Pacific Station in this year, tlie last he held. His devoted wife, 

 with whom lie had looked forward to passing the remainder of his days 

 after tlie termination of this cruise in tranquility and peace, died suddenly 

 while returning from a visit to her son, then as now a medical officer of 

 the U. S. Army, stationed in the far West. The telegram from the De- 

 partment giving the Admiral leave to return home spared him the shock of 

 the bald announcement of his loss, but owing to the inefficiency of the 

 telegraph service between Panama and Philadelphia he did not learn the 

 nature of the disaster which had befallen him until he arrived at the 

 house of a relative in Philadelphia and inquired for his wife, who had 

 long before been borne to the grave. He applied to be retired, and the 

 request was granted. 



In spite of a blow which might well have been sufficient to prostrate a 

 weaker man, the Admiral at once commenced the construction of an ideal 

 home for his two daughters and his youngest son. While the public 

 gaze may not follow him within its privacy, it is not inconsistent with the 

 extreme delicacy and respect whicli the writer feels for this home, lo say 

 that it presented a rare example of mutual trust and interest, of cheerful- 

 ness and affection. 



In 1881, he was elected to membership in this Society, and signalized his 

 accession by a paper in its Proceedings (xx, 1), entitled, "Manual of 

 Egyptology." 



On October 20, 1883, he completed and presented for the Transactions 

 the beautiful MS. of his dictionary of Egyptian hieroglyphics, which was 

 afterwards published in Vol. xvi, New Series, of the Transactions of this 

 Society.* 



* The title page and preface here follow : 



Transactions 



OF THE 



American Philosophical Society. 



Article I. 



A Dictionary of the Egyptian Language. 



By Edward Y. McCauley, U. S. N. 



Read October 20, 1882. 



Preface. 



In 1880, 1 made a manuscript copy of Dr. Hxxch' & Egyptian Dictionary (Vol. v, of Bunsen's 

 Egypt). As it was inadequate for the present requirement I added to it a list of words 

 compiled from trauslations, lately made, of papyrus texts and monumental inscriptions,, 

 with theaidof Chabas' Melanges Egyptologiques, and the works of Grebaut, Deveria, Good- 



