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Speke wa3 preparing to go back to Central Africa, to tlie south 

 shore of the A^ictoria Nyanza, to trace, if possible, its connexion 

 witb the N'ile. Grant volunteered to accompany him, and went 

 as second in command of the expedition. They left England in 

 1.S60 and returned in 1S63, having succeeded in their wishes, and 

 Grant brought with him a large collection of objects of natural 

 history, plants in particular. His volume ' A AValk across 

 Africa,' which appeared in 1S61, supplements the record by 

 Speke. The plants he brought home were sent to Kew for 

 identification, and were in the first instance worked over by 

 Mr. Hemsley, and when revised by Dr. Thomas Thomson were 

 appended as a supplement to Speke's ' Journal of the Discovery 

 of the Source of the Xile.' A full botanical account of the 

 collection was drawn up by Professor Oliver, and forms part of 

 the 29th volume of our ' Transactions,' the cost of the plates 

 being borne by Captain Grant. 



The regretted death of his companion Speke took place in 

 18G-i, and immediately after Grant was offered the post of Consul 

 at Fernando Po ; this he did not accept, but the next year he 

 was apjiointed second in command of the 4th Ghoorka regiment, 

 then in the Himalayas. He served under Lord Napier of Mag- 

 dala in the Abyssinian Expedition, and early in 1868 he retired 

 from the Army. 



He was elected Fellow of this Society March 16th, 1871 : was 

 also a Fellow of the Eoyal and Eoyal Geographical Societies, 

 and the recipient of many distinctions, including his service 

 medals, others from the King of Italy, the Pope (Pio Nono), and 

 the Patron's Medal of the Eoyal Society (1865). He died at his 

 residence, Househill, Nairn, on February 11th, 1892, from con- 

 gestion of the liver. 



Feedi>'.^'d GsrT was born at St. Peter's Port, Guernsey, on 

 January 19th, 1820. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy 

 and University, and on leaving took a clerkship under his father, 

 Nicholas Grant, who was then Secretary to the " Palladium " 

 Insurance Office. In 1852 he became Secretary to " Marshall's 

 Charity," an institution which had for its object the augmentation 

 of the stipends of small Church livings. This position he held 

 until his death. 



He was a devoted Entomologist, and had formed a large col- 

 lection of Coleoptera. It is through his long official connection 

 with the Entomological Society that his name Avill be best 

 remembered. His election dates back to 1816 ; he was on the 

 Council in 1856, and again Irom 1868 up to his death. He held 

 the office of Vice-President iu 1863 ; was one of the Secretaries 

 from 1871 to 1877, and Honorary Librarian from 1878 to 1891. 

 Mr. Grut was also for many years Secretary to the Entomo- 

 logical Club. 



He was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1872, and frequently 

 attended the Meetings. He died on July 19th, 1891. 



