GEORGE FREDERICK RUXTON. XI 



Had he lived, and resisted his friends' repeated solicita- 

 tions to abandon a roving life and settle down in England, 

 there can be little doubt that he would have made his 

 name eminent on the lists of those daring and persevering 

 men, whose travels in distant and dangerous lands have 

 accumulated for England, and for the world, so rich a 

 store of scientific and general information. And although 

 the few words it has been thought right and becoming 

 here to devote to his memory, will doubtless be more 

 particularly welcome to his personal friends, we are per- 

 suaded that none will peruse without interest this brief 

 tribute to the merits of a gallant soldier and accomplished 

 English gentleman. 



February 1849. 



