576 Obituary — Count MarschaU. 



entitled "Old Stones," and also his romance of "Malvern Chase,'* 

 which reached a third edition in 1883. In this year he issued two> 

 more works, namely, *' Hanley Castle," a romance ; and the " Severn 

 Straits," a geological work. Althogether he was the author of more 

 than forty papers which have appeared in various scientific journals. 



The main object of Mr. Symonds' active and useful career, and to the 

 furtherance of which all his best energies were directed, was the pro- 

 motion of a love for Geological, Botanical, and Arch geological pursuits 

 and studies, amongst the very large circle of educated people in, 

 the West of England by whom he was surrounded, whose tastes 

 lie strove to elevate and direct, and whose leisure hours he endeavoured 

 to occupy with healthful and intellectual pursuits. 



Although a clergyman and a Justice of the Peace for the county 

 of Worcestershire, he was above all things an ardent Naturalist and 

 Geologist, and he was never so happy as when conducting the 

 members of his own Naturalists' Field-clubs over some classical region 

 in " Siluria," with every spot of which he was familiar. 



For several years before his death he had been compelled by ill- 

 health to withdraw from his parish duties, but he remained as full 

 of interest in all scientific matters as ever to the last. 



Mr. Symonds died on the 15th September, at Cheltenham. 



His loss, like that of his friend Sir W. V. Guise, will long be felt 

 in the West of England, where the services and presence of both had 

 exercised so beneficial an influence over a very wide and intelligent 

 community for nearly half a century.— H.W.^ 



August Friedrich Count Makschall, of Burgholzhausen and 

 Tromsdorf, who has frequently contributed to the Geological 

 Magazine, as well as to the Quart. Journ. Geological Society, notes 

 on Geology and Palasontology, especially from the researches of his 

 Colleagues in Vienna, died suddenly on the 11th of October, in his 

 83rd year. He was a Foreign Correspondent of the Geological 

 Society of London, and Correspondent and Member of many other 

 learned Societies, — also Hereditary Marschal in Thtiringia, Imp. 

 Eoy. Chamberlain, and formerly Archivist of the Imp. Eoy. Geo- 

 logical Institute of Vienna. Plis frequent communications on papers 

 read at the Academy, Institute, and other Societies, forwarded by 

 him to various European friends and periodicals, were continued with 

 his usual industry (his motto being " Nunquam otiosus ") to within 

 a short time of his death. His " Nomenclator zoologicus," combining 

 both recent and fossil genera, published by the Zoologico-Botanical 

 Society of Vienna in 1873, is a very valuable book of reference ; 

 and the " Ornis Vindobonensis," 1882, is written in conjunction 

 with Dr. A. von Pelzeln, also bears evidence to our deceased friend 

 Count Makschall's scientific zeal and usefulness. — T. E. J. 



' "We regret to record tlie death, on October 4th, at Tonga, of Mr. H. F. Symonds, 

 only remaining sou of the late Eev. W. S. Symonds. He was Consul at Samoa and 

 Deputy Commissioner of the Western Pacific. He was only 32 years of age and a 

 man of great promise. 



