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the eldest son, became the naturalist on the Rattlesnake 

 in the scientific voyage in which Professor Huxley also 

 served. Paul made his mark in the Flora of Aberdeen- 

 shire, and afterwards in researches in Australia, where 

 he died. While all the daughters assisted their father, 

 special reference must be made to the two excellent 

 pen-and-ink tail -pieces by Miss MacGillivray which 

 adorn the " Deeside " volume. For delicacy and refine- 

 ment they recall the work of Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A., 

 and I can give them no higher praise. 



Had sufficient money been at our disposal, we 

 should have adopted the suggestion of Sir John 

 Struthers and founded a gold medal in MacGillivray's 

 memory in the University. But, failing in this, we 

 have had to content ourselves with a monument at his 

 grave by Mr. M'Glashen of Edinburgh, in fine Peter- 

 head granite, about 9 feet high. The design would have 

 pleased MacGillivray. Near the foot is a good-sized 

 golden eagle, the royal bird much loved by the orni- 

 thologist, the extinction of which in the Scottish High- 

 lands he deeply lamented. It fittingly suggests the 

 lofty aspirations of MacGillivray. The eagle is finely 

 executed in bronze by Mr. D. W. Stevenson, R.S.A., 

 from a splendid drawing of the bird by MacGillivray 

 himself, now the property of the British Museum. The 

 monument is adorned with Celtic ornament, which 

 befits the tombstone of our naturalist, who held that 

 Gaelic was the most beautiful language in the world. 

 In the centre is a fine lona cross, symbol of the earnest 

 faith of the reverent MacGillivray. The bronze tablet 



