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there he married his first wife in 1861. He then established 

 himself at Grahamstown, and about 1870 made a long trip north- 

 ward in what is now Rhodesia, and there he gratified his taste for 

 natural history ; while shootiug big game he had narrow escapes 

 from danger, being cool and tactful. On his return he decided to 

 settle at Bloemfontein. Here he had an extensive practice, and 

 was highly respected by Boer and European alike. During his 

 long stay at Bloemfontein he was a member of the Town Council, 

 and was elected Burgomaster (Mayor) two years in succession. 

 He was, moreover, the founder of the Museum there, and was its 

 active Curator for some years. He came to England in 1883, with 

 sojne of his family, and especially enjoyed the advantages of his stay 

 in London. On his return to South Africa he took up his residence 

 at Johannesburg, with a busy practice, becoming President of the 

 Medical, Natural History, and Geological (South Africa) Societies. 

 In 1S83 he was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of 

 London, and contributed a note and plan, with specimens, of the 

 gold-bearing rocks of the Witwatersrand. 



On the outbreak of the War in 1899, Dr. Exton acted as Civil 

 Surgeon with the British troops. He was stationed in the Hospital 

 at Ladysmith from the time of its relief (1900) until a few months 

 before the Declaration of Peace (June, 1902) ; these few months 

 were spent in the military hospital at Harrismith, where he 

 suffered much from the very cold winter. He finally went to 

 King William's Town (British Kaffraria), where he died suddenly 

 on January 7th, 1903. 



Dr. Exton has left five sons, one of whom is in the medical 

 profession ; the others are interested in mining, engineering, and 

 photography. 



The Council of the South African Geological Society on 

 December 7th, 1902, received his resignation of the Presidency, 

 and gratefully acknowledged his services and help ever since the 

 formation of the Society in 1895. In the funeral-sermon at 

 St. Mary's, Johannesburg, his friend the Hector said of him that 

 ' he spared neither time nor pains in doing good work.' 



He was an enthusiastic Freemason (pastmaster) and an ardent 

 geologist. The results of his researches at Ladysmith he con- 

 tributed to the ' Geological Magazine ' in 1891, in his Notes on the 

 Neighbourhood of Ladysmith, in Northern Natal : (1) with reference 

 to the local intrusive igneous rocks (chiefly andesite-diabase) ; and 

 (2) on some travelled blocks, with peculiar structure, in the Ecca 



