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In his anxious exertions to support his large 
family, he afforded a most valuable example of 
integrity, punctuality, and diligence in the service 
of his employers, and made himself many friends. 
He had very early in life satisfied himself, that 
in no way could he so agreeably or so safely re- 
cruit himself after labour, as in the quiet study of 
Natural History; and this impression, added to 
his fondness for the science, occasioned a degree 
of perseverance which has seldom been equalled: 
The intricate and delicate investigations he was 
constantly carrying on, afforded him most delight- 
ful proofs of the perfect benevolence, as well as 
wisdom of the Deity, and, no doubt, contributed 
very much to that placid benignity of character 
which so eminently distinguished this amiable man. 
By his surviving friends Hobson’s memory is 
warmly cherished, and they have additional satis- 
faction in the assura ce that it is embalmed for 
future times, not only in his own beautiful work, 
but in the writings of some of the most distin- 
guished Botanists which this country has produced. 
With an enlightened community, such as that by 
which we are surrounded, it was impossible that 
