318 MEMOIR OF 
sent to him by persons unknown. His perfect 
simplicity made him quite unable to account for 
such seasonable attention to a stranger. I pro- 
mised that I would seek out his benefactors and 
thank them for him. 
Hobson died at Bowden on the 7th September, 
1830, and was buried at St. George’s Church, 
Hulme, where a mural tablet has been placed to 
his memory by his friends, with the following 
inscription, written by Edwin Serjeant, Esq. | 
“SACRED TO THE MEMORY 
Edward Pobson, 
oF 
MANCHESTER. 
Obiit 7th September, 1830. tat 48. 
“Humble parentage had afforded him only a scanty educa- 
tion—the necessary support of a numerous family demanded 
his daily labour. 
“‘ Yet amidst privations and difficulties, he had, by assiduity 
and zeal, rendered himself a most skilful Naturalist, as his 
scientific works and ample collections lastingly testify. 
“Entomology, Botany, and Mineralogy were his favourite 
studies: in these many celebrated men, publicly in their 
writings and privately in correspondence with him, have 
acknowledged his great attainments. 
“Such distinctions did not affect his 
Natural simplicity of manners ; 
His character was wholly amiable.” 
