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of better tribute, to the memory of one who will live 

 long in the minds of all those who knew him. He was 

 essentially a working naturalist, and so leaves very 

 little to retain him in the recollections of the younger 

 generations ; but his collection of birds, presented 

 shortly before his death to Dalhousie College Museum, 

 will perhaps form some slight memento of his work. 



