248 TRIBUTES TO KNOWLEDGE, 



From the REV. H. B. TRISTRAM, LL.D., D.D., 

 F.R.S., Canon of Durham. 



Author of The Fauna and Flora of Palestine^ and many other 

 works. 



" It is not an easy task to write my impressions of 

 the character of your dear brother, because an outsider 

 might set down much that I would wish to say of him 

 as the result of personal friendship, and, therefore, 

 exaggerated. But he was one whose amiability and 

 goodness of character it would be impossible to exaggerate 

 in the various aspects under which I knew him. 



" Our acquaintance began soon after his return from 

 Tunis in 1858, and it very soon ripened into intimacy; 

 for we had, as I soon found, far more subjects of 

 common interest than merely our cognate tastes in natural 

 history. In society, as a young man, I should say his 

 marked characteristic was placid cheerfulness, and this, as 

 you well know, was a marked feature to the last, and 

 sustained him during years of constant suffering, such 

 as it pleases God to visit very few men with. I 

 remember a mutual friend, who was not a Christian in 

 any real sense, remarking to me : 4 What a wonderful 

 religious faith Lilford must have, to be so cheerful 

 under his sufferings ! I am sure I could not stand them 

 without feeling resentment against Providence.' 



" His faith was childlike, and his whole demeanour 

 proved it. He was so pure and reverent in thought 

 and word. No one in his presence ever dared an 



