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the inspection of all real students, the only passport to his sympathy 
being a genuine appreciation of scientific studies. 
Finally, a word may be said of the genial disposition and 
equability of temper that Mr. Davis invariably displayed, and the 
large-hearted hospitality with which he was wont to entertain his 
friends. On those occasions, the guests at Chevinedge invariably felt 
themselves to be the recipients of a welcome, the cordiality of which 
could scarcely be surpassed, and the memory of which will never be 
obliterated. Then, too, the shrewdness, the breadth of knowledge, 
and clear perceptions of the host shone conspicuously forth, while 
his light, harmless banter and sparkling humour added to the 
charms of the conversation on lighter topics 
As complete lists of Mr. Davis’s scientific publications have 
already appeared and are included in the bibliographies given from 
time to time in ‘The Naturalist,’ they need not be repeated here. 
It may nevertheless be mentioned that the most important are the 
section on Geology in ‘West Yorkshire,’ published by him and 
Mr. F. A. Lees in 1878, and his three monographs on Fossil Fishes, 
viz., ‘On the Fossil Fishes of the Mountain Limestone of Great 
Britain’ (1883), ‘On the Fossil Fishes of the Chalk of Mount 
Lebanon and Syria’ (1887), and ‘On the Fossil Fishes of the 
Tertiary and Cretace—Tertiary Formations of New Zealand’ (1888). 
His death took place on the morning of July 2oth, 1893, at 
_ Bridlington, and he was interred at All Saints, Salterhebble, near 
_ Halifax, on July 24th.—T. H. 
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