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Had he desired, he might have been famous as a traveler, by put- 

 ting his observations in print. But he disliked and shunned public- 

 ity, and we know of nothing he has written. He was one of those 

 workers who cared little for making new genera or species, and who 

 collected not wholly for himself, but also for his fellow workers, and 

 for public museums. In his travels he has been in nearly every 

 country in the world, has been several times along the entire west 

 American coast, was at home in the Sandwich Islands, has traversed 

 the coast of Europe from North Cape to Gibraltar, and has been up 

 and down both coasts of Africa, as well as around the Indian Ocean. 

 In these travels many of the rarest species known to science were 

 brought together, and are left among his great collection. 



He was one of the early members of the " American Association 

 of Conchologists," being enrolled as a member, May 15th, 1890. His 

 special study was shells of the Pacific Coast. He was an active and 

 enthusiastic member, and did much toward its promotion. His gift 

 of Pacific Coast shells to the collection of the Association was a large 

 and valuable addition. 



Few men have as wide a personal acquaintance with men of 

 science as he had. Devoting all his energy and time to travel and 

 collecting, and having been all over the American continent, he met 

 them everywhere. His retiring disposition led him to make little 

 mention of his achievements and his great work was not known to 

 many of the people of his home. But to a few of his friends and 

 acquaintance who could appreciate his work he unburdened his 

 heart, and would recount his travels and experiences, and give 

 descriptions of museums and countries for hours at a time. He was 

 an interesting conversationalist, and would relate his experiences 

 in a manner that always commanded attention. 



His main work was in conchology. His collection embraces many 

 highly polished specimens, and he spared no expense to have always 

 the finest and best that was to be had, AVhile on a trip to France a 

 few years ago he heard of an English firm who cut gastropods lon- 

 gitudinally to show their spiral arrangement, and he has case after 

 case of shells of this exquisite workmanship. All his specimens are 

 authoritatively correct, having been labelled by the highest author- 

 ities, and we are glad to announce to the conchologists of the middle 

 and western United States that he has left the collection where it 

 will be accessible to the public for comparisons. 



