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they would jjfive to our country in Spring-time, filling the air with 

 fragrance, anil the landscape with indescribable beauty. 



FIIAXCIS HANSFOKI) HOliA. 



Jl bt'cuim;.-, uur painful duty to announce the death of one of the 

 Directors of the Association. Mr. liora died at his residence Glen 

 Lawrence, near Kingston, on Saturday, May 4th, 1878, of valvular 

 disease of the heart. He was born at Harwich, Essex, England, 31st 

 January, 182 J. 



His father was a surgeon in extensive practice in Bayswater, Lon- 

 don, who intended his son for his own profession, and was greatly 

 disappointed in finding liim very much averse to it, his tastes and 

 talent (pudifying him, he felt, more for an artist's life. He was for 

 some months in the studio of the late Daniel Webster, E.A., but an 

 appointment being offered him in the Commissariat department of the 

 Indian N'avy, he gave up his favorite study and sailed for India, 

 passing his 16th birthday at the Cape of Good Hope. When in India 

 his pencil was not idle. His talent as a draughtsman was soon 

 known, and he was transferred by the late Sir C. Malcolm, Superin- 

 tendant, I. N., who took a great interest in liim, to the surveying 

 branch of the service. This life he enjoyed exceedingly. For three 

 years he was employed in the active duties of the survey of the 

 i.slands of the Indian Ocean, lied Sea, &c., &c. He was highly spoken 

 of as a draughtsman, his charts were considered beautifully finished 

 and were preserved in the East India House, London. While on this 

 service he was able to cultivate his taste for natural history, and made 

 a very fine collection of shells. 



In 1841 he held an appointment in die ci\'il branch of the service. 

 Having to live in the dockyard at Bombay, he was attacked with 

 fever, and after battling against it for 12 months, (from which time he 

 dated the commencement of the heart disease of which he died,) he 

 had to go to England on sick certificate. He returned to India for three 

 years, but his health again broke down, and he was sent to Europe ou 

 medical furlough. On his return to London, 1849, he spent a great 

 part of his time in the British jMuseum among its hidden treasures, 

 enjoying the society of its curators Messrs. Grey, Doubleday, &c. 



