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winning about him," wrote a friend, upon his death ; 
"that peculiar combination of courage and gentle- 
ness, which is one of the finest traits of character." 
It was, in fact, this very association of a genial 
nature with a remarkable openness and candour 
of disposition, that won for him friends, especially 
amongst his own countrymen, wherever his lot was 
cast, and so smoothed his way over many difficulties. 
And if, as would sometimes happen, he fell amongst 
unfriendly natives, he preserved himself on such 
occasions by a seeming show of condescension, and 
a coolness under danger which commanded their 
respect. A faithful and accurate observer, but little 
was lost that came before his notice ; and if at the 
time of his death — in February 1875 — he had not 
realized all that he had hoped from his expedition, 
he may at least be said to have justified the choice 
that he had made, and had contributed a measure 
of faithful labour to the causes of progress and 
research. 
On hearing of his death, the Dean of Christ 
Church, who had always particularly regretted the 
illness which in earlier life had prematurely closed 
his University career, wrote of the untimely termina- 
tion of his later efforts in a spirit of no less concern. 
" His name," wrote the Dean at this time, " must be 
added to the list of those devoted and enterprising 
Englishmen, who .' scorn delights and live laborious 
