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which obligerl him to winter in a warmer climate, and he 

 went to Mexico in the autumn of 1887, where he asked 

 Mrs. Elwes and myself to join liim in the winter. He had 

 the help of a very able American collector of birds and 

 insects, and we had a good Mexican bird-skinner with us. 

 We ascended the volcano of Popacatapetl to the limit of 

 vegetation, and put up 60 good bird-skins as the result of 

 one long day's collecting between 6000 and 12,500 feet. 



Godman began about this time to be much interested in 

 plants also, and collected orchids and other rare and inter- 

 esting plants which he grew very skilfully at South Lodge, 

 where he formed a most beautiful garden and built a 

 rockery, which is second to none in the south of England. 



South Lodge was originally quite a small house, on the 

 south wall of which grew a very fine (^amellia, Avhich now 

 covers almost the only part of the house which was left 

 when it was rebuilt. He bought by degrees a good deal of 

 land in the neighbourhood, njuch of which he farmed himself. 

 I do not think any man ever had a happier life at home, or 

 was more beloved by his numerous relatives, employes, and 

 friends; and even Mhen in later years his health began to 

 fail, he was so carefully watched over by his devoted Avife 

 and daughters, and had such a genial and cheerful disposi- 

 tion, that he never lost his interest in his private or public 

 pursuits and preserved his unvarying good temper and sweet- 

 ness of disposition, through long periods of confinement 

 to the house. 



The number of persons of all ranks in life who followed 

 him to the grave is the best testimony to the respect and 

 esteem in which he was held by all who knew him. 



List of til e irrttings of~Siv. F. D. Godman oa oraitlioloyical 



subjects. 



Notes on the Birds observed at I'odr) duriuo' the spring and sunuucr of 

 1857 (with Percj' Godman). Ibis, 18(51, pp. 77-9i\ 



Notes on the Birds of the Azores. Ibis, 1860, pp. 88-109. 



Natural History of the Azores or Western Islands. Pp. 1-238, 2 maps. 

 Jjondon, 1870, 8vo. 



