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which both were so deeply interested, and to the end of 

 his life he closely followed the development of the theory 

 of evolution. That Darwin fully appreciated the help 

 rendered is amply proved in the pages of the Lije and 

 Letters of Charles Darivin, and Tegetmeier was not 

 unnaturally proud of the fact that the help he had been 

 the means of giving should have been appreciated in 

 such a way. 



Tegetmeier was at the time of his death the oldest 

 living member of the Savage Club, of which he was one 

 of the founders. 



Although of a reserved temperament — almost frigid at 

 times — which rather tended to keep him aloof from the 

 general run of fanciers, Tegetmeier will be remembered 

 as a man possessed not only of extensive knoAvledge and 

 acute judgment, but of a transparent honesty and 

 sincerity of purpose in all he did ; and it will only be 

 now, after he has passed away, that his great loss will 

 be appreciated to the full. He has left a name behind 

 him as spotless as it was great — a name that wiU 

 ever be revered and held in the highest esteem by one 

 and all. 



