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Society of Montreal, etc. He possessed testimonials from 

 some of the most distinguished chemists of England and 

 France, and he had been heard to say, and no doubt rightly, 

 that he could have become a fellow of the Royal Society 

 because of his original research work, if he had had the money 

 to waste on such an honour. How's principal papers and 

 books, in general chemistry, analytical chemistry, mineralogy 

 and botany, number over 44 items, and appeared in the 

 Journal of the Chemical Society (London), Transactions of the 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Edinburgh New Philosophical 

 Journal, Silliman's Journal, the London, Edinburgh and 

 Dublin Philosophical Magazine, the Canadian Naturalist, 

 Chemical News, our own Transactions, and elsewhere. (See 

 King's College Record, Windsor, October, 1879, with list of 

 44 of his writings; introduction to his mineralogy of N. S.; 

 also private sources.) 



ANDREW DOWNS, C. M. Z. S., ornithologist. Born in 

 New Brunswick, New Jersey, 27th September, 1811, son of 

 Robert and Elizabeth Downs, of Scotch parentage; died at 

 Halifax .26th August, 1892. Settled at Halifax in 1825 and 

 engaged in the plumbing business, but became deeply interest- 

 ed in birds and other animals, and their preservation and 

 propagation, to which he finally devoted all his attention. 

 He remembered seeing Audubon at Halifax on 27th August, 

 1833, and afterwards corresponded with him and other 

 notable naturalists. From about May 1844 to May 1846, he 

 was assistant curator of the Halifax Mechanics' Institute; and 

 from then till about May 1847, was its curator. In 1847 he 

 established at Dutch Village, near Halifax, the first zoological 

 garden in America, sixteen years before the Central Park 

 collection at New York was opened. This soon became very 

 popular and was visited by persons of note who cams to 

 Halifax. In 1864 he vis ; ted Europe with specimens, alive and 

 mounted, which he presented to the Zoological Gardens at 

 London. In 1867 he was proposed as superintendent of the 



