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lofotense Sars, in the Irish Sea," '■' Adeorbis utiisidcatus, n.sp., from the 

 Irish coast," " A cross between LiiiiiKza stagnalis and Li/nncea auricu- 

 laria" " Changes in the generic names in the Pyramidellidse," &c. 



He also wrote several papers for the " Irish Naturalist," as he had 

 visited Ireland very often, and generally of late years had spent most 

 of his holidays there. The United Irish Field Clubs hold a con- 

 ference every three years, and we were both invited to them, along 

 with others, as they knew we had collected considerably in Ireland, 

 and often after the conference was over, Dr. Chaster and I stayed on 

 and worked some neighbouring district. We have been together to 

 Kenmare and Killarney, Galway, Aran Islands and Roundstone in 

 Connemara for Dog's Bay, Enniskillen, Sligo and Bundoran, with 

 a visit to the Island of Inishmurray, Ballycastle and district, Horn 

 Head, Bunbeg and Burton Port in N.W. Donegal, and last year we 

 went to Achil Island, and by invitation of the Royal Irish Academy 

 we helped to w^ork out the molluscan fauna of Clare Island in Clew Bay, 

 where we spent a delightful week. On Clare Island a considerable 

 number of land shells had already been found by some of the Irish 

 naturalists, but there was one. Acme Uneaia, which Dr. Chaster said 

 should be there, and he worked all likely localities for it. Sure enough 

 he ultimately found it by bringing to the hotel damp moss and drying 

 it and then looking carefully amongst what was left. 



He was also a great lover of Irish antiquities, and collected pre- 

 historic remains from the "kitchen middens" along the coast. He 

 also collected celts, flint implements, and particularly ancient lamps 

 and primitive lighting appliances. 



With him I have visited many an Irish cottage, often far away from 

 any doctor, and if he ever found anybody unwell he was soon pre- 

 scribing for them, and as he always carried a small box of medicines 

 with him he would tell them to send down to the hotel and he would 

 give them something to help to cure them. 



I well remember our visit to the Island of Inishmurray, off the 

 coast of Sligo, as when there we found a youth, who had received a 

 wound in the knee, when landing some fish into his boat, and this 

 had caused blood-poisoning to set in. Dr. Chaster said he could 

 only have lived a few days, so he advised the father to let us bring 

 the youth off the island, which we did, and conveyed him to the 

 infirmary at Sligo, where he was ultimately cured, and the last we 

 heard of him was that he was a sailor on one of the large American 

 liners. 



Dr. Chaster was one of the founders of the Southport Natural 

 Science Society, along with other well-known Southport gentlemen. 

 For a number of years he was editor of the " Proceedings " of that 



