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he a]so produced a 'Manual of Botany' in 1874, and with Sir 

 Lambert Playfair, in 1893, a ' Bibliography of Marocco,' the 

 southern shores of the Mediterranean exercising a powerful 

 fascination over him. For some years before his death he had 

 contributed on an average three leaders weekly to the ' Standard ' 

 newspaper, one of which was only just completed wlien sudden 

 death surprised him, leaving a widow (a Danish lady) and several 

 young cliildren, only partially provided for. 



He was elected into our Society on 16th January, 1873. 



A VERT constant but unassuming attendant at our meetings has 

 passed away in the person of Thomas Hughes Buffham, who 

 died at Walthamstow on 9th February, 1896, after a short illness. 

 He was born on Christmas Eve, 2l!th December, 1840, at Long 

 Sutton, Lincolnshire, and, after a private-school education, ho 

 became a clerk at Earith, Huntingdonshire, and from an acquaint- 

 ance there imbibed a taste for astronomy, concerning which he 

 published sundry notes in various journals. 



About 1872 he came to London, entering the office of Messrs. 

 "Warren <fe Co., New Broad Street, rising to be chief clerk, and 

 finally the London agent of the house. After a few years he 

 was compelled to give up astronomical observation, finding it too 

 great a tax upon his health ; but about the same period he formed 

 an acquaintance with a member of the Quekett Microscopical 

 Club, who infected him with a love of the minute ; and Mr. 

 Buffham soon became as devotedly attached to microscopical 

 work as he had been to the use of the telescope. In 1881 he 

 was spending his holiday at Teignmouth in Devonshire, and 

 amongst the marine algae he there collected for examination was a 

 specimen of Callithamnion tetrium with, antheridia; aud finding 

 that very few species of the British Elorideoe had been described 

 with those organs, he resolved to supply this gap so far as his 

 powers extended. He collected assiduously, aud even acquired 

 some Latin, French, aud German to help him in the literature of 

 algology. He was elected an Associate of this Society 5th Feb- 

 ruary, 1891, and put our library to good use for his work. He 

 published only a few papers, which are recounted in the April 

 number of the ' Journal of Botany ' by his friend Mr. Batters, 

 from which notice the particulars above noted are mainly 

 derived. 



Edward Johis" Chance, F.E-.C.S., died at his residence, 14 Eussell 

 Square, London, on Feb. 25th, 1895, in his 88ch year. He was 

 Senior Surgeon and Hon. Secretary to the City Orthopoedie 

 Hospital, Hatton Grarden, having been formerly Consulting 

 Surgeon to the Metropolitan Hospital, Kiugsland Koad. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on December 

 1st, 1835, and was also a Fellow of the Geological Society. 



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