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in the case of one who was a close personal fr-end, to lay one's finger 

 exactly on what was the secret of the man's power and charm, but if 1 iiad 

 to try, I should say that it was that he was so pre-eminently a nian. A 

 very keen sportsman all his life, he had a record of which any man might 

 be proud. He played for his County, Somersetshire, at Rugby Football, 

 while still at the University, and all his life retained all his keenness for 

 games. A useful Cricketer, a fine Golfer and a dead shot, up to the end 

 he kept his love for the open, the links, the jungle and the river. He 

 loved nature in all her forms, and knew much about the life and ways of 

 birds and beasts, and in the last years of his life took up with considerable 

 success the difficult art of bird photography. A walk in the jungle with 

 Paterson made one realise how much the trained observer sees and hears 

 to which one is deaf and blind. And with it all his sport was always 

 kept in its right place in the strictest subordination to his work. It gave 

 him many links with men in which he never forgot his high calling. I 

 think to me the charm of his religion was its simplxity, directness an] 

 utter sincerity. A man of tremendous natural strength of will, long ago 

 he had yielded up that will to God and the result was a character that 

 grew mellowed and beautiful with the years. Somebody has said 

 ' Death shows what is at the bottom of the vessel,' and the utter sclfiess- 

 ness with which he thought of others during an illness that was intensely 

 painful made a profound impression on all those who came in contact 

 with him. The deepest and most respectful sympathy will go out 

 throughout the Diocese to Mrs. Paterson and his son and daughters in 

 their great loss, and the whole Diocese will feel that, to speak as men 

 speak, we have lost one whom we can very ill spare, a true man, a true 

 Priest and a brother." 



To Mrs. Paterson and family we tender our deepest 

 sympathy in their bereavement. W,T.P. 



THE LATE CAPT. GILBERT KENNEDY. 



With much regret vvc record the death of this officer, in hospital nt 

 Calais, from heart failure following an attack of inliuenza. He commenced 

 his military career in the Lidian army, being attached to the Gurkha RiHes. 

 About 1912 he transferred to the English ariny, and served throughout the 

 war, being wounded in the foot in the Somme push of 1917. He was in 

 active service up to the time of his death. He was a keen aviculturist and 

 i)ird-lover, and an enthusiastic observer of wild bird-life. He was an ardent 

 supporter of F.1'>.C. and its Journal, and will be much nn'ssed. A personal 

 friend of the writer's, and another, among many, whose vo'ce and pen the 

 war has silenced for ever. To his mother, wife, and family we tender our 

 sincere sympathy in their great sorrow. W.T.P. 



