XXxil MEMOIRS OF THE LATE WILLIAM CURTIS. 
pursuits of her father, died on July the 2d of this year 
(1827) leaving six sons and seven daughters to regret 
their loss. Her complaints were also similar to her fa- 
ther’s for a year or two previous to her decease; but the 
immediate cause of her death was infl ation of the lungs, 
from a cold, which lasted: but a fortnight ; during which 
time she evinced the fruits of a well-grounded hope of a 
happy eternity ; perhaps mainly attributable to the studies 
she made in Natural History ; looking through the works 
of Nature up to Nature’s God. 
