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to interest bim in the varied pursuits which lie cultirated in the 

 intervals of business. He died suddenly in the forenoon of 

 29th December, 1898, being found dead in his chair, from failure 

 of the heart, and was buried at Norwood Cemetery. 



Mr. Eogers was an accomplished man in many ways, especially 

 in music. He possessed a light tenor voice of exceptional range 

 and beautiful quality, which had been sedulously trained from 

 his youth, and preserved till the last. Both in private life and 

 on the concert platform he was a great favourite, and his services 

 were always in request for charity concerts and similar occasions. 

 At one time he was accustomed to lecture on musical matters, 

 his chief lecture being on ' The Poetry of Gay, and the Music of 

 his time,' in which he played the double part of lecturer and 

 illustrator, the musical selections being drawn from ' The 

 Beggar's Opera.' Before the writer became acquainted with 

 him, now nearly thirty years ago, Mr. Rogers gave some of his 

 leisure to painting in oil-colours, but that seems to have been 

 abandoned in favour of work done with the microscope. He 

 was constantly to be found on the excursions organized by 

 the Quekett Club for field-work, which Club he joined on 

 26th October, 1866 ; he was also a Pellow of the Eoyal Micro- 

 scopical Society (7th 31ay, 1873), and his connection with our 

 Societv dates from 19th February, 1874 ; of non-scientific associa- 

 tions, he was a liveryman of the Broderers' Company. 



It is of singular and pathetic interest that the last time he 

 sang, which was on the evening before his death, he chose 'The 

 Eiver of Tears ' for his song, the verses of which end with 

 "We must be ready to meet the tide, Sunshine is fair on the 

 other side." 



A man of charming manners, and an admirable narrator, he 

 passed the years of his retirement from business in the midst of 

 his family, whom he delighted to gather round him one evening in 

 every week ; he retained his faculties to the last, only complaining 

 of occasional rheumatism. He constantly attended our Anni- 

 versary meetings, and at the last he was one of the Scrutineers ; 

 but he was rarely seen at our evening meetings. As regards his 

 scientific position, it may be summed up as being that of the type 

 of cultivated amateur, serving as an intermediary between tbe 

 professed naturalist and the general public. 



OsBEET Salvia was born at Elmshurst, Pinchley, on February 

 2otb, 1835, and by bis death, which occurred at his house at 

 Hawksfold, Ha«lemere, on June 1st, 1898, the Liunean Society 

 has lost a good friend, whose place it will be difficult to fill, so 

 eagerly did he enter into its aftairs. Second son of the late 

 Mr. Anthony Salvin, the architect, he was educated at Finchley 

 and at Westminster School, and in 1853 entered Trinity Hall, 

 Cambridge, where he soon distinguished himself, graduating as 

 Senior Optime in 1857. Salvin early developed a taste for 

 natural history, Zoology and Geology being his favourite 



