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his deathj having ascended one of the highest of the Aberdeenshire 

 mountains, unaccompanied (as he usually went), he was caught, 

 when near the top, in a mist which prevented his tracing the 

 proper descent. In his endeavours to find it, he got into a gully 

 between two rocks, through which a small rivulet ran. The 

 descent was rapid, and losing his footing, the Admiral slid down 

 the wet bank with alarming rapidity. "With much presence of 

 mind, however, lie struck his chisel into the earth ; and the instru- 

 ment fortunately hitting a narrow chink, sufficed to check the 

 velocity of his descent, and enabled him to hold on, not a moment 

 too soon, as one of his feet had already reached beyond the edge 

 of a lofty precipice. Aware of his dangerous predicament, he was 

 unable to move, and was compelled to lie on his back holding on with 

 one hand, while the water of the rivulet was running under him, 

 s^d the rain pouring upon him from above for two nights and the 

 greater part of three days, during which he was unable even to turn 

 himself, and was wholly without sustenance of any kind, as, even 

 had he been in a condition to take it, he never carried food or 

 drink with him on his excursions. In this dangerous position he 

 was, however, fortunately discovered by the country-people, who 

 had turned out en masse in search of him. 



Admiral Jones was elected into the Society on May 3rd, 1842, 

 and died in Dublin on the 12th of February last. 



Sir James South, F.H.S., F.H. Ast. S., &c. was born in London, 

 in the year 1775, and died at his house in South Kensington, on 

 the 19th of October 1867. 



Having been destined for the medical profession, he became in 

 due course a Member of the Eoyal College of Surgeons, and 

 practised his profession for several years in London. But his. 

 attention soon became almost entirely absorbed in astronomical 

 inquiries ; and he made numerous observations, which gained him 

 a high reputation. His principal results were published in 1825, 

 under the title of * Philosophical Memoirs.' But the work upon 

 which his reputation chiefly rests is ' A Catalogue of double Stars,' 

 which was issued by him in conjunction with Sir John Herschel 

 betwe6n 1822 and 1823. Of these stars he had observed about 

 380. 



He also aided the late Lord Eosse in the construction of his 

 gigantic telescope, and was one of the founders of the Boyal 

 Astronomical Society, of which he was several times President. 

 He was author also of 'The Curiosities of Science,' a wort. 



