18 Ohituciry Notices. [sess. li. 



After ser\'ing about ten years at Singapore, he returned 

 to England ; and on going back to India in 1856 was sent 

 to Waltair, Yizagapatam, and Cuttack, where he became 

 acquainted with Sir W. ElHot, then Commissioner of the 

 Xorthern Circars, who encouraged him in science. 



Dr Traill married, in 1847, Emma, daughter of Mr James 

 Harvey of Bath, by whom he had two sons and five daugh- 

 ters. Both sons are in India, in the Public Works Depart- 

 ment ; four of the daughters are married. 



In 1858 Dr Traill succeeded to the family estate of Wood- 

 wick on the death of his father, and in 1861, having served 

 the requisite time (twenty years) to enable him to claim a 

 retiring allowance, he returned to this country, and settled 

 at St Andrews, being attracted by its educational advantages 

 for his young family. He visited North Eonaldshay every 

 year, and spent the summer months in the island, being on 

 the most friendly terms with his tenants. His life was very 

 quiet and happy. He was an elder of the Church of Scot- 

 land, and both Dr A. K. H. Boyd and Dr Anderson of St 

 Andrews have made public reference to his useful services 

 in their congregation. He was also a Justice of Peace and 

 Deputy Lieutenant of Orkney, and was greatly respected as 

 a magistrate. He enjoyed good health (usually playing a 

 round of golf daily at St Andrews) till eighteen months ago, 

 when the first symptoms of the disease appeared which 

 ultunately proved fatal. 



Dr Traill joined the Botanical Society in 1867, and con- 

 tributed original notes on Submarine Forests and other 

 reijiuins of Indigenous Wood in Orkney {Bot. Soc. Ti-ans., 

 vol. ix.). Again, in 1879, he read a paper on the Growth of 

 New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax) in the Orkney Islands ; 

 his observations are recorded in vols. xiv. and xvi. In the 

 same year he directed attention to the successful introduc- 

 tion of various New Zealand plants, — Myrsinc Urvillei, Lcpto- 

 spernium scoparium, Veronica decussata, huxifolia, and Ancler- 

 soniana, into North Eonaldshay. 



Let me add, in conclusion, that we all rejoice to have with 

 us Mr G. W. Traill, brother of the subject of this brief 

 notice, and who shows in so high a degree the diligence in 

 study find love for scicutifif woi'k which r'bnracterised his 

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