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both mind and body were systematically regulated and made 

 subservient to his indomitable will; he continued to work because 

 he had determined that he would. 



He entered at once actively into the interests of our Society. 

 "VVe all know how punctually and faithfully he performed the duties 

 of his office. Soon after his election, and in a measure through 

 his instrumentality, a movement which had been commenced 

 by his predecessor was completed, and the building now occupied 

 by the Society was secured and purchased, and in recognition of 

 his important services on that occasion a vote of thanks stands 

 recorded in our Proceedings. On all occasions he exhibited a 

 strong desire to promote our interests. Unless absent from town, 

 or sick, we rarely missed him from his place. He attended our 

 meetings with pleasure, and enjoyed the association with its 

 members ; and we may gratefully recall to mind the fact, that one 

 of the last acts of his life was to invite us in a body to partake 

 of the hospitality of his house. 



We are indebted to him for many valuable donations, scientific 

 and pecuniary ; among the former, numerous fossils, casts, and 

 skeletons of zoological or paleontological interest ; the rare and 

 instructive specimens of the skin and skeleton of the Manatee 

 from Florida, deserve especial mention. One of the most valu- 

 able additions ever made to our cabinet was effected mainly 

 through his instrumentality and that of the late Hon. Abbott Law- 

 rence, then Minister to the court of St. James, viz : the series of 

 casts of the Sivalik fossils, prepared for distribution among scien- 

 tific bodies by the Honorable East India Company. The originals 

 of this series were obtained from one of the most remarkable 

 geological regions known to naturalists, where a whole fauna of 

 extinct Pachyderms, Ruminants, Carnivora. with a vast variety 

 of other animals, have been brought to light ; and what is still 

 more remarkable, there has been demonstrated the coexistence, 

 in former geological times, of numerous species of Mastodons 

 and Elephants in one and the same limited geographical area. 



In becoming the active head of this Society, his attention and 

 interest were at once zealously directed to the study of natural his- 

 tory. His mind, which had been before almost wholly engrossed 

 by his profession, was now directed to other and more allur- 

 ing paths, and his numerous communications on fossil bones, foot- 



