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tribes. In the course of this study he succeeded iu forming 

 a most valuable and interesting private collection of pre- 

 historic implements and weapons of primitive and savage 

 warfare. This collection is most carefully and admirably 

 arranged, and, whatever may be its ultimate destination, it is 

 sincerely to be hoped that it will be preserved intact and not 

 broken up. Giglioli was also a Geographer of no mean 

 merit, and represented his country at all the International 

 Geographical Congresses that have been held of late years. 

 He was a constant contributor to the Bulletin of the 

 Italian Geographical Society, of which he was an Honorary 

 Member. Among his other publications may be mentioned 

 his translation into Euglish of Beccari's " Wanderings in the 

 Great Forests of Borneo/' a volume of 450 pages, which was 

 very favourably reviewed by 'The Athenaeum/ and, what 

 pleased Giglioli greatly, was pronounced to have been written 

 " with great mastery of the English language." 



Giglioli was indeed a man of wonderful versatility and 

 general qualifications, and, at the same time, most thorough 

 and painstaking in all he undertook to do. His capacity for 

 work was prodigious, as shown by the long list of bis 

 published writings, the collections he formed, the many 

 zoological explorations carried out by him, and the number- 

 less scientific meetings he attended, and all this over and 

 above his ordinary Professorial and other work. In no way 

 exhausted by his day's labours at the Museum, it was his 

 habit to work far into the night at home. 



Notwithstanding his many and varied occupations, how- 

 ever, Giglioli always found time to give a helping hand to 

 any of his pupils, or to young struggling students who might 

 be in want of his assistance, and was invariably kind and 

 sympathetic with them, as well as considerate in the way he 

 helped them. For this reason he was naturally very popular 

 and much beloved by them, as indeed he was by all those 

 who knew him well, and had the opportunity of appre- 

 ciating his many sterling qualities. Few men perhaps 

 have ever had such a gift of making and of retaining 

 friends as Giglioli had. His geniality formed an irresistible 



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