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lamented. Many years ago he was engaged on archeological studies, and 
numerous drawings of the architectural remains of old churches and ruins in 
his own neighbourhood remain to attest his artistic skill andindustry. Long 
afterwards some of these supplied materials for an interesting paper on ‘The 
incised grave-stones and coffins of Minchinhampton Church,’ published in 
the ‘ Transactions of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club.’ At another 
period of his life, as a botanist, he made collections of mosses and ferns, and 
of species of rare trees and shrubs, many of which are still flourishing at 
Whitecroft ; and his collection of British ferns was very complete. In later 
years geology and the study of the remains of pre-historic man chiefly 
occupied his attention, and in these branches of science, as in those of his 
earlier life, he was indefatigable in his researches. His untiring industry in 
these investigations will be evident from the careful elaboration of the 
papers read at the meetings of the Cotteswold Club, and published in their 
‘ Transactions,’ as well as from the fine collection of flint implements now in 
the Museum at Gloucester. In collecting materials for one of the last of his 
papers on ‘The ancient Camps of Gloucestershire,’ he visited, and, from 
measurements, made plans of nearly every camp in this county. Modest 
and unassuming in reference to his scientific acquirements, it was only those 
who had the advantage of his acquaintance who were really aware how 
industriously he laboured in those branches of science in which he took an 
interest, and with how much knowledge in these branches his mind was 
stored. Few men have drunk deeper of the delights which the study of 
nature gives to those who seek them ; few men have led a more blameless and 
truly Christian life ; and few men have left this world more deeply regretted 
by those who intimately knew him, than the truly Christian English gentleman 
whose death we all so deeply deplore.” 
Tn addition to the papers above referred to, the following by 
Mr. Prayne have appeared in the volumes of the Cotteswold 
Club :—*“‘ On the Physical Geography of the district drained by 
the Frome and its Tributaries ;” “‘On the Early Occupation of 
the Cotteswold Hills by Man;” “On recent Calcareous Deposits 
of the Cotteswolds.” He had also just completed at Stuttgart 
a catalogue of the fossils of the Wirtemberg Jura, many of 
which he had personally collected in his tour through Germany 
and Switzerland, and which, it is much to be wished, may yet 
be made available to Cotteswold Geologists. 
I may add that Mr. Piayne had, at my request, consented to 
contribute to our “Transactions” a paper—now I fear lost to 
us—on the Cloth Manufacture of our Cotteswold Valleys, for 
