38 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
was conducted by the Very Rey. Provost Ball, LL. D., in accordance 
with the rites of the Scottish Episcopal Church. 
Mr. Robertson is survived by his wife and by two sons, the 
younger of whom is the well-known artist, Mr. Tom Robertson, 
It is scarcely possible to estimate fully the loss which science 
has sustained in the removal of one whose fruitful Jabours have 
extended over well nigh half-a-century. His endowments were 
of no ordinary kind. His habits of perseverance and endurance, 
disciplined by the hard experiences of early life, were combined 
with the keenest powers of observation, scrupulous accuracy in 
recording facts, and the most exact method in arranging scientific 
details. He was never elated by his successes, but esteemed the 
facts of science more highly than his share in their discovery. 
His character was a rare combination of unassuming simplicity, 
honest candour, inflexible integrity, and native shrewdness. 
He had a keen sense of humour, which often served to enliven the 
driest discussions. In his private relations, goodness of heart 
rendered lim one of the kindest and warmest of friends; while to 
those who had done him injury he was ever ready to extend that 
forgiving charity which suffereth long and is kind, and which 
thinketh no evil. 
To our own Society the loss is heavier than can be expressed in 
words. In the hearts of those who have long known and esteemed 
him, affectionate memories will linger which time can never efface; 
while the work which he accomplished among us, as one of ourselves, 
will remain as an enduring memorial of the worker, an example 
of what may be attained by honest labour, a source of encourage- 
ment, and an inspiration of success. 
PAPERS READ BEFORE THE NATURAL History Society 
or Guiascow.* 
“The Colours of Crabs.” |Read 27th November, 1855. ] 
“ Taist of the Marine Crustaceans found in the West of Scotland.” 
[Read 30th September, 1856. | 
* A full Bibliography, showing Mr. Robertson’s other contributions to 
scientific literature in separate or joint authorship, up till 1891, is contained 
in The Naturalist of Cumbrae, pp. 385-390. 
