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supplied the Beeded aid. Still those who have heard his racy 

 •way of narrfitins; his varied observations, adventures, and ex- 

 perience can hardly doubt that the work suffered in style — as 

 all works must suffer — from not being written cur rente calamo, 

 for the humour lie dis] layed when recounting to a willing listener 

 how he had met with this, that, or the other bird was undeniable, 

 and traces of it are to be found even in some of the notes which 

 he contributed to the ' Zoologist,' short as they mostly are. The 

 'Birds of Sussex,' a voliim.e of nearly 400 pages, appeared early 

 in 1&91, and at once took its place among the best of our County 

 ornithologies — a place its accuracy and simplicity of statement 

 will ensure its keeping. 



Por the last twelve years of his life Mr. Borrer was unable to 

 move much from home ; hut his interest in his collections and in 

 Natural History generally continued to be as keen as ever. One 

 of his greatest pleasures was to receive a visit from a brother 

 zoologist, while even an ornithological letter brought delight. 

 A short illness ended his peaceful career, he having then attained 

 the age of eighty-four ; and outside his own family, by whom he 

 was deeply regretted, his memory is respectfully cherished by a 

 large circle of neighbours as well as friends at a distance. He 

 was elected a Fellow of this Society, 19th of November, 1839. 

 His collections, having been bequeathed to his son, remain at 

 Cowfold. [A. N.] 



Chaeles James Beeese, who passed away during the Session, 

 was elected a Eellow of the Society in 1871. During recent 

 years he was among the most regular attendants at the evening 

 meetings; and although henever communicated an original paper 

 to the Society's publications, he frequently entered into the 

 discussions, and always to good purpose. In conversation he 

 betrayed a love of natural history pursuits and a good knowledge 

 of scientific literature. To those most familiar with the inner 

 life of the Society, he will long be remembered as a skilful 

 auditor; and to witness, at his hand, the operation of adding 

 up £ s. d. columns at oue effort, the three middle fingers of 

 the right hand bestriding them as he did it, was to note him 

 capable of a power of coordination of ideas and a mental achieve- 

 ment, doubtless begotten of long experience in statistics and 

 finance, exceeding that productive of many a scientific paper. 



He will be remembered as a genial man and a good friend to 

 the Society. 



Teodoeo Caeuel was born at Chandernagore in Bengal, near 

 Calcutta, on the 27th June, 1830 ; his mother was English, his 

 father of French descent. He was brought up in Florence, and 

 showed in early life a predilection for observation. He became 

 acquainted about the year 1850 with Pietro Savi, Puccinelli of 

 Siena, Adolfo Targioni-Tozzetti, and other ardent botanists; and 



