422 Minerals. 



East India Company, Directors of the. 



Presented, in 1848, 19 specimens of rocks and minerals from Aden. 



(After the Mutiny the powers of the Company were taken over by the 

 Crown in 1858. Hence, for specimens presented at a later date, see India, 

 Secretary of State for.) 



Eck (P. A.). 



Presented, in 1882, chlorargyrite, native silver, argentopyrite, and 

 other minerals, from Chili. 



Ecton Mine, Proprietors of the. 



Presented, in 1885, large, dark, scalenohedral crystals of calcite, 

 enclosing copper-pyrites, from Ecton mine, Leek, Staffordshire. 



Egerton (Sir PHILIP MALPAS DE GREY, Bart.}. [1806-1881] 

 Trustee of the British Museum ; much interested in geology, especially 



fossil fishes. 



Presented, in 1840, crystallised vivianite, contained in the interior of 



an Irish deer's tooth, from Ireland. 



Elliot (GEORGE FRANCIS SCOTT). 



Botanist. 



Presented, in 1896, about 100 specimens of gneisses, schists, dolerites, 

 etc., which he had collected in Sierra Leone ; and, in 1900, about 150 

 specimens of schists, sandstones, phonolitic rocks, etc., v/hich he had 

 collected in British East Africa. 



Evans (Dr. JOHN WILLIAM). 



Geologist. 



Presented, in 1894, about 100 specimens of sandstones, limestones, 

 shales, etc., which he had collected in Matto Grosso, Brazil. 



Exeter (BROWNLOW, 3th Earl of). [1725-1793] 



Presented, in 1764, a table-top inlaid with Vesuvian products; and, in 

 1765, a polished oval slab of brown and yellow jasper. 



Feilden (Col HENRY WEMYSS, C.B.). [1838- ] 



Collected a large series of gneisses, schists, slates, limestones, etc., from 

 north Greenland, during Sir G. S. Nares's Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876 ; 

 the specimens were presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Ad- 

 miralty in 1877. 



Fergusson (MALCOLM). 



Collected a series of about 50 specimens of schists, felsites, phonolites, 

 etc., from Tropical East Africa ; the specimens were presented by the 

 Lake Tanganyika Expedition Committee in 1900. 



FitzGerald (EDWARD ARTHUR). [1871- ] 



Climber and explorer. 



Presented (with Mr. S. Vines), in 1899, a series (about 60 specimens) 

 of andesitic lavas, etc., which they had collected in the Andes. 



Fleming (Dr. ANDREW). 



Collected, about the year 1853, a series of specimens (limestones, 

 sandstones, slates, etc.), illustrating the geology of the Punjab Salt Range 

 and of the Cashmere Hills ; the specimens were incorporated in the India 

 Museum, and transferred to the British Museum in 1879. 



