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ber. In the 1st volume of our 'Transactions' are contained "De- 

 scriptions of three new Animals [Echene'is lineata, Fasciola cjavata, 

 and Hiriido branchiata] found in the Pacific Ocean" during his first 

 voyage round the world ; and in the 4th, " A new Arrangement of 

 the Species of Polytrichum, with some Emendations," which, to- 

 gether with an Appendix, afterwards added, forms a valuable mono- 

 graph of that extensive genus. In the 'Philosophical Transactions' 

 for 1796, he gave, in conjunction with Mr. (afterwards Sir Everard) 

 Home, " A Description of the Anatomy of the Sea-Otter," of which 

 he had brought home a fine specimen, afterwards presented, with 

 many other zoological specimens and a set of his plants, to the Bri- 

 tish Museum. 



He subsequently served in the West Indies as surgeon of the Sans- 

 pareil, commanded by Lord Hugh Seymour ; but early in the present 

 century he quitted the sea, and continued to practise his profession 

 in London. For some years previous to his death he had retired to 

 Netting Hill, where he passed the tranquil remainder of his length- 

 ened existence, eager to the last to obtain additions to his botanical 

 collection, and enjoying the society of his numerous friends with a 

 kindness of heart that never failed. 



He died on the loth of February in the present year, having nearly 

 reached the age of 88, and was buried beside his wife (who died five 

 years earlier, and by whom he had no children), in the Cemetery at 

 Kensal Green. He left his herbarium, consisting chiefly of Cr}"pto- 

 gamous plants, Graminece and Cyperacece, arranged with character- 

 istic neatness on paper of an 8vo size, to the Botanic Garden at 

 Edinburgh, where he had studied ; and also gave by his wiU a be- 

 quest of £100 to this Society, of which he became a Fellow on the 

 19th of January, 1790, and to which he was always most warmly 

 attached. 



David Pennant, Esq., son of the distinguished naturalist and ele- 

 gant writer to whom we owe so many agreeable and instructive 

 publications, and who, on the foundation of this Society, was elected 

 one of its Honorary Members, died on the 24th of June, in the 7Sth 

 year of his age. He edited some of his father's posthumous works, 

 to one of which, consisting of the third and foiirth volumes of the 

 ' Outlines of the Globe,' he supplied a preface containing some 

 account of the latter days of his parent, and an eloquent tiibute to 

 his talents and virtues. He was himself one of the oldest Fellows 

 of the Society, having been elected in 1792. 



Among our Foreign Members we have sustained, in common 

 with the whole world of science, a severe loss in the person of 



