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Severn Straits, or Notes on Glacial Drifts, Bone Caverns, and 
Old Glaciers,” giving the result of his matured judgment on a 
most complicated part of geology, which he had specially 
studied. He was an ardent and reverential lover of nature, 
and when an invalid, in several of his letters to-me, he enthusi- 
astically referred to his old wanderings amongst the hills “he 
loved so well.” 
A more unselfish or kinder-hearted man I have never met 
with, and few perhaps have realised so fully Shakspere’s lines: 
“ Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.” 
Sir William Vernon Guise died at Elmore Court, on 
September 24th, 1887, in the 71st year of his age, having only 
survived his old friend the Rev. W. 8. Symonds nine days. 
He became a Member of the Club in January 1850, and on 
the retirement of Mr Barwick Baker in 1859, he succeeded him 
as President, but in May last, owing to the state of his health, 
he declined to be re-elected, after having held the office for 
twenty-eight years. 
Sir William’s social position, with his very extensive 
knowledge in all branches of Natural History, eminently fitted 
him to be the successful leader of a Naturalist’s Field Club. 
How often have we witnessed his varied acquirements in 
geology, entomology, botany, archeology, and ecclesiology, and 
the happy way he would seize upon the salient points of a dis- 
cussion, and explain the different opinions held upon the 
subject under our consideration. 
At the evening Winter Meetings, his summary of the 
papers read, shewed great power in grasping the views of the 
authors, and placing the same in clear and logical order before 
the Members. 
His Annual Address was a model of well-arranged matter, 
put in a clear and lucid manner, giving a resumé of the excur- 
sions made, and papers read during the past year. 
He possessed the happy power of stimulating the members 
to work, and during his presidency six full-sized volumes were 
added to the Proceedings. 
