
TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
Aatural History Society of Glasgotv. 

In Memoriam—Professor Tuomas Kina, 
[Read 29th September, 1896,] 

Tuomas Kine [PI. I.] was born on 14th April, 1834, at Yardfoot, 
a farm in the Parish of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire. The farm 
had been purchased towards the close of last century by his grand- 
father, and remained in the possession of his father, James King, 
‘Tt is pleasantly situated on a gentle slope on the south-west 
side of the railway, about half-a-mile from Lochwinnoch Station, 
and commands an extensive view of grassy and heather-topped hills, 
with the town of Lochwinnoch nestling at their base, and the 
silvery expanse of Lochwinnoch, or Castle Semple Loch, gleaming 
in the foreground, and fringed here and there with wood and 
coppice. Few spots in the lowlands present a prospect more peace- 
ful and pleasing than this, whether viewed in spring, when the vale 
is clothed in a mantle of softest green ; in summer, when the trees 
hang with thick clusters of rich foliage, and the plain is 
brightened with myriads of flowers; in autumn, when the distant 
hills are purple with blooming heather, and the woods glow with 
_ vivid tints of red and gold; or in winter, when loch and river are 
ice-bound, and spotless snow lies all around. How greatly this 
fair prospect was appreciated by him may be gathered from a few 
lines pencilled by his own hand, in which he says: “I have seen 
many views, but none to this day more satisfactory than the view 
from Yardfoot across the valley.” 
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