SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF J. M. JONES. 



in a building erected for the purpose, and in 1866 the number of 

 specimens it contained was estimated at from seven to eight thousand. 



He was an enthusiastic collector, and the cabinets of the British 

 Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Provincial Museum 

 of Nova Scotia, were enriched by his generosity. He took great 

 interest in the international exhibition at London in 1862, the provincial 

 fisheries department being placed under his management. 



During the winter months Mr. Jones usually resided in Bermuda, at 

 his place called " The Hermitage," Smith's Parish, and gave further 

 attention to the study of the natural history of that locality. 



Mr. Jones married Mary, daughter of Colonel W. J. Myers of the 

 71st Highlanders, of Halifax, by whom he had seven sons and four 

 daughters. 



He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, an original 

 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and one of the founders and 

 ablest supporters of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, of 

 which he soon became president. 



Mr. Jones died on his sixtieth birthday, 7th October, 1888, at 114 

 Tower Road, Halifax. 



Among his publications may be mentioned the following : 



The Naturalist in Bermuda ; a sketch of the geology, zoology and 

 botany of that remarkable group of islands ; together with meteor- 

 logical observations. Illus. London, 1859 (?), pp. 192. 



Extract from the Bermuda " Royal Gazette," relating to the recent 

 capture of a large species of Gymnetrus. Proceedings of the Zoo- 

 logical Society, (Lond.), 1860, (part xxviii), pp. 185-187. 



Contributions to the Icthyology of Nova Scotia. Transactions N. S. 

 Institute of Natural Science, vol. i, pt. 1, pp.45-54; 1863. 



Kjoekken-moedding in Nova Scotia Smithsonian Report, 1863. 



Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermudas: Part 1, Mollusea, 

 Trans. N. S. Inst. N. 8c., vol. i, pt. 2, pp. 14-26; 1864. 



Contributions to the Natural History of Nova Scotia: Reptilia. 76., 

 vol. i, pt. 3, pp. 114-128; 1865. 



Notes on certain species of Nova Scotian Fishes. Canadian Naturalist, 

 N. S., vol. ii, pp. 128-135 ; 1865. 



On the Geological Features of the Bermudas. Trans. N. S. Inst. N. Sc. 

 vol. i, pt. 4, pp. 18-26 ; 1866. 

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