130 THE NAUTILUS. 
In October, 1894, he married Miss Flora G. Allison, of Dublin, 
N. H. 
The following winter brought a return of the former illness, and 
again he went to Jamaica, accompanied by his wife. They spent four 
months on the island ard collected and brought home a large number 
of land shells and ferns. 
The spring and summer of 1895 Mr. Roper spent in putting his af- 
fairs in order preparatory to becoming a permanent exile from New 
England. 
The next year was spent in Colorado Springs. Mr. Roper was oe- 
eupied a great part of the year in arranging and cataloguing his 
special collection. And here a daughter was born in March, 1846. 
In September, 1896, Mr Roper and family went to California, 
going first to Pasadena, a year later to Long Beach, and last July to 
San Diego. 
Mr. Roper’s health never really improved, but he was able most of 
the time to do some collecting, Even Southern California is not free 
from grippe, and in the early part of October Mr. Roper had an 
attack from which he could not recover. In November he was some- 
what better and made several trips to the beach. As late as November 
27th he was driven with his family to La Playa and spent the day on 
the shore. He usually succeeded in finding a choicer shell than any 
of the rest of the party. 
About the middle of December his health began to fail quite 
rapidly. His indomitable energy kept “him from giving up, and he 
was confined to his bed only one day. The end came on the last day, 
of the year 1892. 
Mr. Roper’s collection of about 3000 species, including his special 
collection of Cyrenidz, becomes the property of the Boston Society of 
Natural History. 
Mr. Roper was well known to conehologists through his papers in 
Tue Nauritus. His articles were always of the greatest interest, 
including such subjects as: ‘‘ Collecting Land Shells in Southern 
California,” “In a Maine Conchologist’s hunting ground,’’ “ Collect- 
ing at Eastport, Maine,”’ “ Pleurodonte Brainbridgeiand other Jamaican 
Shells,” ete., ete. Later Mr. Roper made a special study of the Sphzeria 
and Pisidia, and contributed the following articles on the subject: 
‘* Notes on Sphzerium secure Prime,’ “A new American Pisidium,”’ 
(P. idahoense) Vol. iv, page 85, December, 1890. ‘‘ Notes on the 
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