what became the nucleus of his own fossil cabinet, in a walk to Shot- 

 over Hill with his young friend Mr. Broderip. 



After taking his degree of B.A., Mr. Broderip became a diligent 

 student of the law at the Inner Temple. He was called to the Bar 

 in 1817, and in 1822 was appointed a police magistrate, in which 

 office he continued till 185C. In the latter period of his career he 

 was elected "Bencher" and "Treasurer" of Gray's Inn, and to 

 him was confided the especial charge of the library of that Society. 



Amidst his arduous duties as a magistrate, Mr. Broderip found 

 time to renew his zoological studies, and to begin the formation of a 

 conchological cabinet, which soon grew into first-rate importance, 

 and became an object of special interest to foreign naturalists visiting 

 London, who seldom failed to profit by Mr. Broderip's readiness to 

 open it freely to their inspection. This collection was purchased for 

 the British Museum. 



Mr. Broderip was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1824, 

 of the Geological Society in 1825, and of the Royal Society in 1828. 

 He was a zealous cooperator in the formation of the Zoological 

 Society, of which he was one of the original Fellows and Members 

 of Council. He was Secretary of the Geological Society, conjointly 

 with Sir R. Murchison, till the year 1830. His death took place on 

 the 27th of February, 1859, from an attack of serous apoplexy. 



These particulars of Mr. Broderip's personal history have been 

 abridged from a brief memoir of him by one of his most distinguished 

 friends*, who knew him well; and the following account of Mr. 

 Broderip's scientific labours is borrowed entire from the same source. 



" To the * Transactions of the Geological Society J (2nd series, vol. 

 v. p. 171), Mr. Broderip contributed a paper "On some Fossil 

 Crustacea and Radiata found at Lyme Regis in Dorsetshire." His 

 description of " The Jaw of a Fossil Mammiferous Animal found 

 in the Stonesfield Slate " is published in the third volume of the 

 1 Zoological Journal.' To the same periodical Mr. Broderip com- 

 municated " Observations upon the Volvox ylobator" " On the 

 Manners of a live Toucan exhibited in this country," " On the 

 Utility of preserving Facts relative to the Habits of Animals, with 

 additions to two Memoirs in ' White's Natural History of Selborne,' " 

 ' On the mode in which the Boa Constrictor takes its Prey," " On 

 * Prof. Owen in the Obituary Notices of the Linnean Society, 1859. 



