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He entered the Unitarian Ministry, first being settled at Stand, 

 about seven miles north of Manchester, in 1841, and five years 

 later at Warrington. In 1858 he went to Canada and United 

 States, returning two years later to Warrington, when he finally 

 resigned his charge there in 1865, and returned to Montreal, 

 where he died, aged 57, on 23rd May, 1877. His principal 

 works are as follows (published before 1858): — "Catalogue of 

 Mazatlan Shells, collected by F. Reigen," Warrington, 1855 — 

 1857. "Report on the present state of our knowledge with 

 regard to the MoUusca of the West Coast of North America," 

 London, 1858. "First steps towards a Monograph of the 

 Csecidae," 1858, and several articles published subsequent to 

 this date. 



Mr. Philip H. Gosse (i8ic — -1888) did much to popularise 

 the Fauna and Flora of our southern marine resorts, notably on 

 the Devonshire and Cornish coasts. Many MoUusca are 

 pleasantly written of, and much instructive matter afforded 

 about them in the following works : — " Naturalist's Rambles 

 on the Devonshire Coast," 1853, "Manual of Marine Zoology 

 for the British Isles," 1855 — 1856, "Tenby, a Seaside Holi- 

 day," 1856, "A Year at the Shore," 1865, Mr. Gosse died at 

 an advanced age about a year ago. 



Although Mr. George French Angas contributed the bulk 

 of his additions to Conchological Science after the year 1858, it 

 will not be amiss briefly to touch on his career here. Born in 

 April, 1822, he spent his youth at Dawlish, in Devonshire, which 

 place gave him a taste for collecting shells. His first explorations 

 were in Malta and Sicily, an account of which was published. 

 In 1843 he set sail for South Australia, and being a very good 

 draughtsman, sketched the scenery largely, having joined Sir 

 George Grey's exploration party. He then travelled in New 

 Zealand, and on his return published two large folio volumes 

 illustrative of his journeys. He next started for South Africa 

 and then was appointed Naturalist to the Turko-Persian Bound- 

 ary Commission. About 1851 he was appointed Director of 



