158 LIFE OF TEGETMEIER 



year ; another in that for 1879 records the 

 death of Serjeant Cox under date November 24th, 

 1879. 



The long connection with the Field and the 

 Queen came to an end in July, 1907. For five 

 years Tegetmeier had ceased to write the Queen 

 leader, but he had at least two articles in the 

 Field during that month, and he performed 

 some score of post-mortem examinations on birds 

 for that paper. One of his last acts before 

 leaving was to seek the assurance of the con- 

 tinuance of the post of leader-writer on the 

 Queen to his son-in-law, and in the letter 

 Mr. Horace Cox wrote him reassuring Tegetmeier 

 on that point, Mr. Cox took the opportunity of 

 making clear the matter of the handsome pension 

 allowed him by the firm, which began on and 

 from August 1st, 1907, and continued until his 

 death. Mr. Horace Cox, in the letter referred 

 to, kindly added the following thoughtful and 

 appreciative passage : " You will be interested 

 to know arrangements have been completed for 

 post-mortems and the carrying on of other work 

 in that department which you ably and faithfully 

 carried out for so many years ; therefore there 

 will be no occasion for you to worry about office 

 affairs and disturb your well-earned rest." With 

 this graceful tribute from the head of the firm 

 with which he had been connected for well nigh 



