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look after the domestic animals of the homestead. Not re- 

 turning when expected, he was sought for ; the body was found 

 as if in quiet repose, but the spirit had departed. 



Mr. Wright was a person of low stature and well-knit 

 frame, hardy rather than strong, scrupulously temperate, a 

 man of simple ways, always modest and unpretending, but 

 direct and downright in expression, most amiable, trusty, and 

 religious. He accomplished a great amount of useful and 

 excellent work for botany in the pure and simple love of it ; 

 and his memory is held in honorable and grateful remem- 

 brance by his surviving associates. 



