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ness, and devot3d himself to the arranorement and distribution of 



his great collections. 



Having, however, taken a pleasure-tour iu'the Holy Land and 

 Egypt, he was struck by the surpassing richness of the shores at 

 8uez ; and returned, resolved to fit out another expedition to 

 explore that Gulf, the furthest northern and western nook of the 

 great Indo Pacific fauna. This, the last labour of his life, was 

 happily accomplished, and gained for him the gold medal of the 

 French Academy in 1870. 



Throughout his life, he was remarkable for his extreme 

 modesty. He declined to describe his own species ; and, as an 

 author, contented himself with brief papers and reports in the 

 transactions of the British Association, the Philosophical Society 

 of Liverpool, the Annals of Natural History, &c. He generously 

 distributed tlie riches he had acquired, to the British Museum^ 

 to those of Edinburgh University, Harvard College, Mass.^ 

 the Smithsonian Institution, and to various other public and 

 private coUoctions. Only a week before his death, he made up 

 an addirioM il parcel for the British Museum. To this he had 

 present'! the fullest possible series, including some unique 

 specimuis. on the express condition that a catalogue of them 

 should be published. This condition is still however unfulfilled. 



To the collection now the property of McGill College, he pre- 

 sented not only a fine series from all of his Atlantic dredgiugs 

 and those of the Red Sea, but also from his general duplicates. 

 His last donation, received only a few weeks before his death^ 

 was a share of type E. Indian collections of Bjnson, which he 

 had lately purchased. 



Mr. M'Andrew's own collection was invaluable to the student 

 from the accuracy and beauty of the arrangement, and the very 

 full suites of all ages, varieties and localties, selected from the 

 myriads which had passed through his hands. Some time ago 

 he made exact conditions with the University of Cambridge, 

 (Eng.), in accordance with which it has become their property, 

 and will be preserved intact for the use of students. 



Would that some portion of his spirit might descend on this 

 side of the Atlantic; and that some of our '' merchant princes" 

 would adorn their calling, as he did, with the generous prosecu- 

 tion of scientific research ; as well as with the strict integrity, the 

 unostentatious charity, and the earnest perseverance of the 

 Christian gentleman ! P. P. c. 



Montreal, Nov. 2ud, 1873. 



