OBITUARIES. IX 



Particulars are given of the flies and fishing tackle required, 

 and of the methods pursued in moose-hunting, etc., and the 

 work concludes with a catalogue of the birds of Nova Scotia, 

 with scientific names, 121 land birds and 83 water birds, in all 

 204 nominal species. No doubt his friend Downs assisted 

 him considerably in the compilation of this list. 



These racy and well-written sketches of sport and natural 

 history attracted much attention, and soon made their young 

 author well known in England as well as in Canada. His 

 was the first comprehensive account of moose-hunting in 

 this province, the attractions of which had hitherto only 

 been made known in a limited manner by letters from offi- 

 cers on this station. This first work of Hardy is apparently 

 fairly scarce. 



On 6th June, 1855, he married, in the Garrison Chapel, 

 Halifax, Matilda Sydney Stotherd, eldest daughter of the 

 late Lt. Col. (afterwards General) Richard John Stotherd, 

 C. B., Commanding Royal Engineer on this station, and 

 subsequently Colonel Commandant of Royal Engineers at 

 Dover, England. By this marriage he had the following 



children: Col. Hardy; Capt. Campbell Edward 



Hardy, of the Royal Marines, died 17th Aug. 1889 in his 29th 

 year; Capt. Ernest Clifford Hardy, R. N.; Major Francis 

 Hardy, Miss Hardy, Miss Lucy R. Hardy, Miss Maud 

 Hardy, Miss Mary Hardy, and Mrs. Ivor Thomas. Of these, 

 Capt. E. C. Hardy, of the hydrographic department at the 

 Admiralty, who was born here about 1862, is a student of 

 birds, and about 1912 found a new bird in West Africa which 

 the British Museum authorities named Sylviella hardyi. He 

 saw service during the Egyptian War of 1882. Mrs. Hardy 

 and these children, except Capt. E. C. Hardy, are still living. 

 After his marriage he resided in a house, still standing, 

 surrounded by trees, on Camp Hill, at southwest corner of 

 Robie and Shirley streets, now No. 368, about which countless 

 flocks of plover came during the autumnal rains. On 23rd 

 Feb. 1856 he was promoted to his captaincy, having some 

 time previously served as adjutant of his corps. 



On 31st Dec. 1862, he and other kindred spirits, such as 

 J. M. Jones, Thos. Belt, Dr. J. B. Gilpin, Capt. Lyttleton, 

 R. G. Haliburton, and others, were present at the inaugural 

 meeting of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, 



