376 FRANCIS TEEVELTAN BUCKLAND. 



him that he should be taken in the midst of his 

 best work, but he said, " God is so good, so very 

 good to the little fishes, I do not believe he would 

 let their inspector suffer shipwreck at last. I am 

 going a long journey, where I think I shall see a 

 great many curious animals. This journey I must 

 go alone." 



He had before this written in his diary : " I think 

 it not improbable that, in a future state, the mind 

 will be allowed a greater scope of knowledge, and 

 the gates of omniscience will be thrown open to it, 

 so that those things which it now sees through a 

 glass, darkly, will be opened to the view and under- 

 standing. O most glorious reward, for a mind oc- 

 cupied here on earth in investigating the wonder- 

 ful works of the Creator, from the magnificent and 

 stupendously grand scene of geology, and the the- 

 ory of the heavens, to the minute and delicate con- 

 struction of a microscopic animalcule, or the im- 

 measurably fine thread of a plant ! " 



He died December 19, 1880, and was buried in 

 Brompton Cemetery, on Christmas Eve. 



His last book, " Notes and Jottings from Animal 

 Life," was published soon after his death. 



No wonder that the noble son of the Dean of 

 Westminster is remembered and loved. A friend 

 wrote, after his death : " Energy was only one of 

 Mr. Buckland's characteristics. His kindliness 

 was another. Perhaps no man ever lived with a 

 kinder heart. It may be doubted whether he ever 

 willingly said a hard word or did a hard action. 



