Obituary — W. Jory Kenwood. 431 



M. Deshayes was one of the original founders of the Geological 

 Society of France, of which he was several times President. The 

 decoration of the Legion of Honour was conferred upon M. Deshayes 

 in 1837. 



His fine collection of Tertiary fossil shells was purchased by the 

 French Government for £4000, and is now preserved in the Museum 

 of the Ecole des Mines, Paris. 



M. Deshayes was appointed in 1869 to Lamarck's Chair of Natural 

 History in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. 



So long ago as 1841, Prof. Deshayes was elected a Foreign Member 

 of the Geological Society of London. On three occasions (1836, 

 1856, and 1864) the Geological Society awarded M. Deshayes the 

 proceeds of the Wollaston Donation Fund, to assist him in his long- 

 continued researches ; and shortly after their completion, in February, 

 1870, they awarded him the Wollaston Gold Medal, " as an expression 

 on the part of the Society of the high estimation in which his services 

 to Paleontology and Geology, especially in regard to the classification 

 of the Tertiary formation, are held by the the geologists of this 

 country." x 



Perhaps the highest commendation of Prof. Deshayes (from one 

 who was intimately acquainted with him for many years) is that he 

 "found him always desirous to communicate all the information in 

 his power to those who asked it from him." 2 



M. Deshayes died on the 9th June, 1875, in his 79th year. 



WILLIAM JOEY HENWOOD, F.E.S., F.G.S. 



Another veteran in the great army of Science has been lost to its 

 ranks ; one whose contributions to mineralogy and whose acquaint- 

 ance both with the theory and practice of mining and the mode of 

 occurrence of mineral veins has made his name known and respected 

 by both scientific men and miners all over the world. 



William Jory Hen wood, born at Perron Wharf on the 16th July, 

 1805, was the son of Mr. John Hen wood, sprung from an ancient 

 Cornish family at Levalsea in St. Ewe. His father, like many 

 others, had lost largely by his connexion with the first Cornish 

 Silver mine, the " Huel Mexico," which raised about £2000 worth 

 of ore at a far larger expenditure. 



Young Henwood began life in 1822 as a clerk in the office of 

 Messrs. Fox and Co., of Perron Wharf, where he continued five years. 

 Happily the nature of his employment enabled him to commence 

 those investigations into the metalliferous deposits of Cornwall and 

 Devon which occupied his undivided attention for nearly 50 years. 

 The first mine he visited underground was the Wheal Herland in 

 Gwinear in 1825, and his first scientific paper was read before the 

 Eoyal Geological Society of Cornwall in 1826. 



1 Extract from speech by Prof. Huxley, LL.D., F.E.S., President Geol. Soc. 1870. 

 See Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1870, vol. xxvii. p. xxvi. 



2 Extract of a letter from Thomas Davidson, Esq., F.E.S., F.G.S., to whose 

 kindness the Editor is indebted for most of the facts regarding M. Deshayes' life. 



