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in a squall. The major, having lost an arm in the service of his 
country, would have perished but for the aid of his nephew, who 
swam ashore with him. He then returned for the keeper, but 
found that he had gone down. The poor man was afterwards 
found by the top of his rod which appeared above the surface, 
and when discovered was found to be standing on the bottom 
grasping his rod with both hands, as if to indicate his where- 
abouts while he held his breath as long as possible. 
As a writer on Natural History topics, Mr. Knox, like many 
another naturalist who has risen to eminence, commenced to make 
his mark by forwarding communications to ‘The Zoologist,’ to 
which monthly journal (established in 1843) he contributed a 
series of articles on ‘The Birds of Sussex.”’* These paved the 
way for a ‘Systematic Catalogue of Sussex Birds,’ which soon 
after appeared in 1849 as an appendix to his ‘ Ornithological 
Rambles in Sussex,’ a most entertaining work, which has passed 
through three editions. The favour with which this (his first 
book) was received encouraged him to undertake a second, and 
his ‘Game Birds and Wildfowl, their Friends and Foes,’ which 
appeared in 1850, proved no less entertaining and instructive, 
and has been rendered additionally attractive by Mr. Joseph 
Wolf's unrivalled illustrations. Many years elapsed before the 
third and last volume made its appearance, for it was not until 
1872, or more than twenty years later, that he was induced to 
again take up his pen and give the world some more of his 
delightful experiences by flood and field. This book he dedicated 
to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., to whom he presented 
his collection of Sussex birds, which are now at Goodwood. 
As a member of the old Hawking Club for some years, he was 
enthusiastic on the subject of falconry, and an admirably-written 
review of a work on this subject contributed by him to the 
‘Quarterly Review’ for July, 1875, shows how well versed he was 
in the literature and practice of this much-neglected sport. Deer- 
stalking and hunting had to be abandoned some years ago; for, 
not only was age beginning to tell, denying the strength which 
such pursuits demand, but one or two bad falls in the hunting- 
field, and an accident which, by the upsetting of a dogcart, 
resulted in several broken ribs, caused him unwillingly to abandon 
* See the volumes for 1843, 1844, 1845, 1849, and 1850. 
