90 DR. EDWARD SCHUNCK. MEMOIR 



good specimen in the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York ; but I know nothing of its history, 

 or whence it was obtained. 



In Australia the fine, full-grown, but pale-coloured 

 shell, formerly in the collection of Mr. J. Dennison, of 

 Liverpool, was, in April 1865, bought by Mr. Lovell 

 Reeve for the Melbourne Museum. 



There are, therefore, eleven or twelve specimens at most 

 recorded of the shell not inaptly termed 



"The Glory of the Sea." 



VI. Memoir of Robebt Angus Smith, Ph.D., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., F.C.S., ^c. By Edward Schunck, Ph.D., 

 . F.R.S., &c. 



Eead April 21st, 1885. 



By the death of Robert Angus Smith the Literary and 

 Philosophical Society has sustained a great loss. His was 

 a life of which it is difficult to form a just estimate, on 

 account of the many-sidedness of his character and attain- 

 ments. His contributions to science and literature will, 

 indeed, always remain accessible to the judgment of pos- 

 terity, but there is much in his character and his relations 

 to the world which should be recorded ere those who knew 

 him have also passed away. In his case, fortunately, the 

 record may be perfectly unreserved, for here there are no 

 defacing blots to be concealed, no dark shadows to be 

 passed over. 



Robert Angus Smith was born in Glasgow, February 

 15th, 1817^ being the twelfth child and seventh son of 

 John Smith, a manufacturer of that city, and of Janet his 



