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gical, botanical and geological specimens. He had artistic tastes of no 

 mean order, as attested by his accurate drawings of plants and insects. 

 From tirtie to time he read papery or delivered lectures to the 

 Literary and Scientific Institute in Charlottetown, and also to the 

 Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island, of which he was an 

 interested promoter, and afterwards an enthusiastic supporter until his 

 death. He contributed articles to various scientific publications, to reli- 

 gious papers and very frequently to the local press. Fond of poetry 

 from his youth and of committing it to mem,ory, he naturally coloured 

 his writings with a beauty of expression as remarkable as it is pleasing. 



In 1890, he published " The Natural History of Prince Edward 

 Island,'^ a small volume of one hundred and twenty-three pages, devo- 

 ted to the geology, botany and zoology of the province. This little work 

 was authorized for the use of schools on the Island. This publication 

 was followed in the next year by his " Birds of Prince Edward Island'^ 

 (eighty-seven pages), representing the fruit of his life-long study of 

 birds, native and visitant. In July of the same year the Natural His- 

 tory Society published a " List of Prince Edward Island Plants," the 

 joint production of Mr. Bain and Mr. John MacSwain. Mr. Bain sup- 

 plemented this list in 1893 by additions, comprising thirty flowering 

 plants, three ferns and sixty-five algœ, and again in 1894, by a list of 

 fifteen mosses, three liverworts, fifteen lichens and twenty fungi. 



In the spring of 1892, Mr. Bain delivered a course of lectures upon 

 Botan}", under the auspices of the university extension authorities of 

 Mount Allison College, Sackville, New Brunswick. Later in the year, 

 when borings were undertaken in connection with the proposed tunnel 

 under the Straits of Northumberland, between Capes Traverse and Tor- 

 mentine, Mr. Bain was appointed geologist by the Dominion Govern- 

 ment for this work, in which capacity he acted for four months ending 

 October 12th. 



In June, 1894, he injured his left shoulder while lifting a heavy 

 weight, and in consequence, lost the use of his left arm. Shortly after- 

 wards he suffered a slight stroke of paralysis. During the summer he 

 lectured in Charlottetown upon Geology for the Summer School of 

 Science. After a rest of a few weeks he visited Boston in hopes of 

 regaining his accustomed health, but within three weeks after his 

 return he was again stricken with paralysis, from which he never 

 recovered. A third attack ensued which ended fatally on the 23rd of 

 November, 1894. Two days later the mortal remains of Francis Bain 

 were laid to rest in the Baptist cemetery in Wiltshire near his old home. 

 His was an attractive personality. Quiet, unassuming, kindly, ever 

 ready to help when his assistance was desired, a pleasing conversa- 

 tionalist, a warm friend, a fond husband and father. His knowledge of 



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