144 Obituary — Lieid.-Col. C. Cooper-King. 



knowledge of geology underlies his sketch, of the county and 

 description of the ways and doings, not only of prehistoric man 

 in the region, but of the manj'^ events in historic times during 

 the conquests and civil wars of Berks. The natural features, which 

 have had an effect in the development of the county since the 

 first nomad lived and fished along the banks of the Thames down to 

 the time in which we live, are carefully considered. We have here 

 a sketch of the evolution of the county, in its races, its homes, 

 fortresses, arts of life, domestic and military ; and in its ecclesiastical, 

 military, municipal, and civic relations. 



In this, too, his antiquarian knowledge gave his story vigour 

 and accuracy. The ancient camps and earthworks were ably 

 elucidated in tlie Transactions of the Newbury District Field Club, 

 of which he was a worthy honorary member. 



His clear and succinct account of the Stone Implement Station 

 in Wishmoor Bottom, near Sandhurst, Blackwater, and Camberley, 

 with a good plan and an explanation of the structure of the ground, 

 is published in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, 

 vol. ii. No. 6 (January, 1873), pp. 365-372, pis. xx and xxi. Also 

 noticed in the Brit. Assoc. Keport for 1872, Sections p. 190. 



Colonel Cooper-King was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society 

 in 1872. In 1875, he communicated to that Society a paper, written 

 in conjunction with his friend T. Rupert Jones, on some newly 

 exposed sections of the " Woolwich and Reading Beds " at Coley 

 Hill, Reading, Berks (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxxi, 

 pp. 451-457, pi. xxii). The features then exposed were correlated 

 with those of neighbouring sections described by Buckland and 

 Rolfe many years ago, and more lately by Prestwich and Whitaker. 

 Two zones of clay-galls were particularly described, and the beds 

 and levels from which these balls of clay (and ochreous nodules) 

 were derived were carefully indicated. 



Together with the same friend, Colonel C. Cooper-King had long 

 studied the conditions and characters of the Bagshot Sands ; and 

 his acute observation and thoughtful conclusions must be regarded 

 as having given value to the papers on the Bagshot district 

 published in the Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 

 vol. vi, 1880-81, pp. 319. 429, etc. 



His high grade in college work indicated his mental capacity, 

 strong will, and power of endurance : and his subsequent career 

 showed his versatility and broad intellectual grasp, also his 

 determination to use his gifts for the benefit of his country and 

 especially of those around him. 



Thus a man of talent, of great capabilities, of high attainments, 

 and enormous energy, conscientiously and willingly exercising his 

 powers for the good of others, and working hard for the support 

 of his family even to the last, has passed away, like a goodly 

 fruiting tree torn away by the ruthless tide of a flooded river, 

 which will distribute the seeds in far-off places, where, like those 

 previously shed, they must produce good results, 



T. R. J. 



