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the side a lifeless corpse ! This sudden and 

 deplorable accident struck us all with horror. 

 It did not require much consideration to 

 depart from a place that had so suddenly 

 deprived us of a talented and much esteemed 

 friend." 



Ten years later Mr Berthold Seemann 

 published an account of the " Herald's 

 Expedition " and he there says : " The piece 

 of oak which was placed at the head of his 

 grave may be searched for in vain ; but his 

 brother naturalists will meet on the shores of 

 the ocean on which their talented colleague 

 perished, an evergreen shrub, with dark red 

 panicles. It is the Edmonstonia pacifica, a 

 monument to his memory by an ardent 

 admirer of his talents." 



Twenty years after Tom's death the 

 surgeon to the expedition wrote : " When 

 he joined the ship he was very young ; but, 

 by his most estimable disposition, soon 

 became esteemed and loved by all. Never, 

 through the whole of my sea life, have I 

 known any loss more deeply regretted, or 

 one which so completely destroyed the very 

 existence of an expedition." 



To those who are interested in psychical 



