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walked arm in arm and togetlier laid their blended 

 wreaths of laurel and cypress upon his honored 

 grave." 



The controversy^ ended and the book published, 

 Dr. Bach man turned to more agreeable occupations, 

 among these were stories on Natural History, for 

 the instruction and amusement of children. 



Dr. Summers, then editing the Sunday School 

 Visitor in Charleston, writes : 



" I furnished the Doctor cuts of animals, and he 

 wrote charming articles for the children, which were 

 highly prized by the readers of that periodical. I 

 preserved the bound volumes for the four years I 

 edited it, but they were destroyed by fire in 1872. 

 I hope that tiles have been preserved by others, that 

 these admirable communications maybe reproduced 

 when the Doctor's literarv remains shall be })ub- 

 lished." 



We remember this bright, fresh series of Stories 

 on Natural History, welcomed and enjoyed by parents 

 as well as children, copies of which were preserved 

 for years in the Pastor's home. Unfortunately they 

 have been destroyed. 



He had many hobbies — his garden, poultry, bees, 

 etc., and he led hosts of his friends to find healthful 

 occupation and amusement for their leisure hours. 



He was very successful in raising ducks. Just 

 beyond his vegetable-garden there lay a salt-water 

 pond. Here he set traps and caught by the whole- 

 sale minnows, eels, etc., to feed his ducks, and they 



