400 DEATH. [1896. 



on the background of shrubs and trees There is no 

 doubt that this change to a room downstairs gave 

 him immense pleasure, and often as he lay quietly 

 contemplating the flower -borders (his own planning), 

 he sank into a restful sleep. But the sight of that 

 pathetic form in the window was almost unnerving for 

 those who looked on. In the evenings the doors from 

 dining- to drawing-room were thrown open, and to his 

 delight his sister-in-law, Louisa Milne, played piece 

 after piece of the music he liked best. With a wistful 

 smile he remarked, " What with the music and the 

 flowers, I am beginning to enjoy life." Dr Bury's hope 

 was that in warm summer air he might be able to be 

 carried out to a couch in the garden, and this would 

 have been feasible from the dining-room ; but, alas ! it 

 was not to be. There was a further failure of strength, 

 and an alarmingly low pulse. The music which had 

 given such manifest delight now failed to interest or 

 attract his attention. The end was near : it came 

 before dawn on the morning of the 23rd June 1896. 

 A few days later the mortal remains of Joseph 

 Prestwich were laid in the churchyard of Shoreham, 

 in the presence of an assemblage of attached friends, 

 many of whom were representatives of the scientific 

 societies of which he had been so notable a working 

 member. The service was performed by his old friend 

 Canon Bonney and by the Rev. K. A. Bullen. A grey 

 granite cross marks his resting-place, with the motto of 

 the Prestwich family inscribed on the base, "In te 

 Domine speravi." It is within sight of his dear home. 



Numerous letters of sympathy bore testimony to the 

 place he held as a man of science and to the love he 

 inspired. An extract from one addressed to the writer 



