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Himalayan journals — one of the most beautiful sites to be found, 

 even in that magnificent range — by far the greater part of his time 

 was devoted to the collection of the unwritten languages spoken 

 by the scattered and rapidly disappearing aboriginal tribes of India, 

 from the Himalayas to Ceylon. Nor were his diplomatic services 

 small ; among them it may be remembered that he was the first to 

 advocate the enrolment of Ghurka sepoys, and to appreciate the 

 merits of one of the most gallant races of Asia. 



Owing to the interest excited in Paris, then a great centre of 

 Oriental studies, by his researches in ethnology and literature, Mr. 

 Hodgson became, as long since as 1838, a corresponding member of 

 the Institute, and received the Cross of the Legion of Honour and 

 a special medal struck by the French Asiatic Society. In England 

 the recognition of his services to science was tardy and incomplete. 

 He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1877, and when he was 

 in his ninetieth year the University of Oxford conferred honour on 

 itself by investing him with the degree of D.C.L. It is to be 

 regretted that no place has been found for him in the long roll of 

 honours conferred by her Majesty for services in India. 



CARL JOSEPH HYRTL. 

 Born 1811. Died July 17, 1894. 



AMONG others who have passed away recently is Carl Joseph 

 Hyrtl, the anatomist, of Vienna. Dr. Hyrtl was almost as 

 famous a teacher as an investigator. He aroused an extraordinary 

 enthusiasm in his students, his classes being attended not merely 

 by those qualifying for medical work, but by those already advanced 

 in years and eminent in their profession. He was also celebrated 

 for his anatomical preparations, which, scattered in all directions, 

 bear eloquent testimony to his energy and powers. Dr. Hyrtl had 

 a remarkable knowledge of languages, speaking Greek and Latin 

 as well as several modern languages. He died at Perchtoldsdorf, 

 near Vienna, where he had retired when the affliction of blindness 

 closed his earthly labours. He is best known to the public by his 

 " Anatomy of Man," and " Topographical Anatomy." His other 

 works dealt with the anatomy of mammals, reptilia, and fishes. 



Ferdinand Heine, the founder of the Ornithological Museum 

 which bears his name, died on 28 March at Halberstadt ; Lucien 

 FRAN901S Lethierry, the well-known student of Hemiptera, died at 

 Lille on April 4, at the age of 64 ; Edward Norton, the ento- 

 mologist and specialist on Hymenoptera, on April 8, at Farmington, 

 Conn., U.S.A., at the age of 70 years ; Dr. F. Quiroga y Rodriquez, 

 Professor of Crystallography at the University of Madrid, on June 3. 



