60 SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER 
simplicity with which they were imparted. Of 
the Geological Society of Manchester he may be 
considered, if not the founder, at least one of the 
most active organizers and efficient supporters. 
His papers form a large and a very valuable por- 
tion of the first volume of its transactions. Desi- 
ring to end his days among friends who had given 
him so cordial a welcome, and who appreciated 
and shared his love of science, he had purchased 
land in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and 
begun to build himself a house, laid out with an 
especial view to the reception of his valuable 
geological and botanical collections, which he 
hoped to have completely arranged before the 
approaching meeting of the British Association. 
But these designs were not destined to be fulfilled. 
The great exertion and fatigue which his ardour 
had impelled him to undergo during a geological 
examination of a part of North Wales, in the 
summer and autumn preceding his death, occa- 
sioned a debility and exhaustion, from which he 
never entirely recovered; and repeated colds, 
supervening on his weakened frame, brought on 
a disorder which terminated his life on Dec. 4th, 
1841, in the 57th year of his age. 
It was only a year or two before his final release 
