MEMOIR OF THE LATE FREDERICK BOND. 407 
Wareham, will find an echo in the heart of many a young 
collector who had the privilege of knowing him and of profiting 
by his generosity :— 
*‘T do not know when I have felt anything so much as the death 
of our dear old friend Frederick Bond. He and I began our 
acquaintance in the early part of 1849, so that we had been friends for 
over forty years! We collected insecis together for many years in the 
New Forest, Isle of Wight, Portland, and here at Bloxworth, and I 
cannot recall a single word, or act as a collector, to mar the wholly 
pleasant recollection of our work together. His unselfishness and 
generosity were a bye-word among all who knew him, and his cheeriness 
and unfailing good humour made many a blank day (entomologically 
speaking) one of our pleasantest days. His pertinacity in working for 
an insect he believed ought to be found in one locality or another was 
most remarkable, and was generally rewarded by finding it. 
‘‘A common feeling amongst all of us who had the privilege o1 
his friendship was how we could best help to enrich Bond's collection 
and I need scarcely say that few ever found themselves anything but 
gainers in the end. 
‘‘ Bond’s manipulation of Lepidoptera was also remarkable, and 
the rapidity with which he set them could scarcely be exceeded. What 
also was more important was that an insect never looked the worse for 
his manipulation. New methods of setting have come into practice of 
late years, but I do not observe any improvement in the results com- 
pared with what came off Bond’s “ setting-boards.” No doubt he 
followed to a great extent the old practice amongst British collectors 
of setting insects low down on the pin, thus bringing them low down 
on the bottom of the cabinet drawer, but it always ‘ went against the 
grain’ for him to do so; and, indeed, to keep the wings just clear of 
the bottom of the drawer, so as to avoid injuring the ciliz of the wings 
was the point he always kept in view. 
“T will not say that there are no other entomologists left like 
Frederick Bond, but if there are they are unknown to me; and I say 
this without a word or thought of disparagement to the many valued 
friends still left to me in the ranks of entomologists.” 
Another friend who knew him well, the Rev. Murray _ 
Mathew, of Buckland Dinham, Frome, writes :— 
«In your memoir of our old friend Bond I hope you will record 
instances of his kindness in helping and encouraging schoolboy 
naturalists. I have always felt that I, among many others, owe him 
