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name of the late Lord Lilford, in memory of 

 the extreme interest he took in the mammals of 

 Europe, and in recognition of the gracious help 

 he was always ready to give in assisting this 

 branch of zoology.' 



The work I planned is finished ; I have 

 endeavoured to give some faint impression of 

 what my brother was. Of necessity this is an 

 incomplete account of him as a naturalist. 

 That task remains for abler pens. My object 

 in writing has been twofold. ' Get a good idea 

 of Zion ' says the writer who penned the 48th 

 Psalm, ' mark her towers, her houses, her bul- 

 warks, that ye may tell them that come after.' 



How soon in a family do the generations 

 that come after forget ! A noble and useful life 

 passes away, and there are left a few memories, 

 possibly a picture, and a handful of letters ; but 

 as a rule the succeeding generations know little 

 of the bygone ancestor, whose life was full of 

 strength or sweetness, or shone with a light 

 that never failed through times of trial or suf- 

 fering. It is to keep such a memory alive in 



