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monly called Emin Pasha. We will therefore say a few 

 words on this remarkable man, who was born at Oppeln, in 

 Silesia, on March 28, 1840, and is believed to have been killed 

 by the Arabs at Seyd Bin Abed^s Station, on one of the 

 branches of the Congo, in the Manyema conntry, some 

 time in the early part of last year. It is not necessary in 

 this Journal to discuss the political life of Emin ; its details 

 are well known to history. He was, as has now been plainly 

 shown by the latter part of his life, although possessed of 

 many excellent qualities, no such great hero morally, or, 

 perhaps, even intellectually, as was once supposed. But he 

 was a first-rate collector and naturalist, and must, as such, 

 attract our sympathies. That he had other good points is 

 evident from the value set upon him by Gordon, who made 

 him a Bey in 1878, and appointed him Governor of the Equa- 

 torial Province of Egypt. Gordon, whose judgment in such 

 a case no one will dispute, was a fast friend to Emin and 

 highly prized his good qualities, especially his precise and 

 methodical habits and his ready obedience to orders. 



As a zoological collector, Emin was, no doubt, in the first 

 class, as every naturalist who has handled some of his beauti- 

 fully prepared and labelled skins of birds and mammals 

 would at once testify. That he must also take high rank as 

 an observer of nature will be at once allowed by any one who 

 has studied his journals or has been in correspondence with 

 him, as it has been our good fortune to be. Our excellent 

 friend Dr. G. Hartlaub, of Bremen, one of the most ex- 

 perienced veterans of our science, speaks thus of Emin^s 

 qualities in these respects : — 



" The amount of work which Emin Pasha has performed 

 in making zoological collections, observations, and notes is 

 astonishing in the highest degree. It could only have been 

 executed by a man whose heart was aglow Avith the pure 

 fire of scientific instinct, with enthusiastic, absolutely un- 

 selfish love of nature, and with an irresistible impulse to add 

 to the knowledge of her treasures to the full extent of his 

 powers. Emin was able to turn this impulse into action, 

 notwithstanding the pressure of difficult surrounding cir- 



