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delphia, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 

 Maclurean Lyceum, Nicholson's Encyclopaedia, American Jour- 

 nal of Science and Art, Western Quarterly Reporter, reports 

 of Long's expeditions, and several papers which were published 

 separately at New Harmony. His entomological papers have 

 been collected and reprinted, with annotations, by Dr. John L. 

 Le Conte, in two octavo volumes (New York, 1869). He was a 

 foreign member of two English learned societies the Linnaean 

 and the Zoological. 



Besides the work which appears in connection with his own 

 name, almost all of the publications of Prince Charles Lucien 

 Bonaparte, while in America, were corrected and arranged for 

 the press by Say. This and other work made such calls upon 

 his time that nearly all of his own work was the product of the 

 midnight hours; and this, in connection with his wicked disre- 

 gard of the demands of his stomach, so undermined his con- 

 stitution that, when attacked by a fever in his Western home, 

 he had not the strength to rally, and on October 10, 1834, he 

 passed away. 



According to the testimony of all who knew him, Mr. Say 

 was a most pleasant and agreeable companion, a thorough 

 student, and a man of the most unpretentious manner. Al- 

 ways ready to assist a friend, his stores of knowledge were 

 freely opened to those who asked, and information was cheer- 

 fully granted to all inquirers. He was tall and spare of habit, 

 somewhat muscular, with a dark complexion, and black hair. 

 Two portraits in oil in the possession of the academy repre- 

 sent a face of more than average attractiveness. While at 

 New Harmony he married Miss Lucy W. Sistare, of New York, 

 who survived him. She was a highly cultured woman and an 

 excellent artist. She had the distinction of being the first 

 woman ever admitted to membership in the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, although many have been 

 elected since. 



A marked feature of Say's character was his modesty, 

 which was almost excessive. It led to habits of retirement 

 and in some respects unfitted him for the intercourse of gen- 

 eral society. His distrust of his own powers was a perpetual 

 barrier to material advancement. He declined a professor- 

 ship of natural history on the plea that he would not be able 

 to lecture satisfactorily. W T hen Dr. Baldwin, the botanist and 



