POSTSCEIPT. 



IT remains to be added that Mr. Thomas Edward, 

 A.L.S., died on the 27th April 1886, at the age oi 

 seventy -two. Towards the end of his life he was in 

 very delicate health. His lungs had been congested; 

 but he had scarcely recovered when he went to Duff- 

 town with his wife for the benefit of her health. During 

 the time that he remained there he went out daily for 

 the prosecution of his study of the botany of the district, 

 particularly of the mosses. Sometimes he came home 

 soaked to the skin. He thus caught a severe cold, and 

 on his return to Banff he was laid up by congestion of 

 the lungs. The disease was relieved, but he remained 

 very weak ; and, though his mind remained as clear as 

 ever, he was overtaken by the cold of the severe winter, 

 grew gradually worse, and died at the above date. 



The last letter I received from him was in February 

 1885, acknowledging the receipt of a cheque which a 

 kind lady near Nice annually sent him. He acknow- 

 ledged it with thanks, and said, " She is amongst my best 

 and most sympathising friends. I am bad," he added, 

 " with my breath and sore lungs ; but that, and weak- 

 ness, is all, I may say, that ails me. But still I am 

 extremely grieved, and many a time and often very 

 often repine that I am not able to run about as I used 



