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of the falcon. In addition, Major Fisher made a transla- 
tion of d’Arcassia’s notable work on falconry. For many 
years he constantly attended the meetings of the Club; 
and at the field meetings his wonderful fund of anecdote 
and vivid description of sport, or of noticeable incidents in 
animal life, were a never failing source of enjoyment to 
the members. His last illness—locomotor ataxy—was 
attributed by him to a severe accident in the hunting field 
many years ago. Until prevented by this malady, he 
discharged many public duties at Stroud, where his 
unfailing kindness endeared him to many. In 1871, ’72, 
73, 74, °84, and °87, he was the champion archer of — 
England; and in 1897, at Cheltenham, as Mr G. L. Aston 
records, ‘““he succeeded in putting all three arrows at one 
end into the ‘gold’ at 100 yards—a feat which has been 
only performed about two or three times in the records 
of archery.” 
Mr Madan was in his 64th year, and a few years ago he 
met with a severe accident which deprived him of a part 
of his right arm, but he still continued the useful work in 
which he was continually engaged, scientific, literary and 
philanthropic. 
Mr Madan was the eldest son of the late Rev. Geo. 
Madan, honorary canon of Gloucester Cathedral, and was 
born at Cam, near Dursley, of which parish his father was 
vicar. He was educated at Marlborough and Corpus 
Christi College, Oxford; and afterwards was assistant 
master for nearly 20 years at Eton College. His university 
career was a distinguished one; and he became senior 
fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford, of which he was for 
some time junior bursar. He was the author of several 
scientific works, and he also arranged the new edition of 
George Wilson’s “ Inorganic Chemistry” published in 1893. 
He took a deep interest in the Gloucestershire Municipal 
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