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the minerals and fossils in the Royal Wiirtemberg Museum, an 

 office which he continued to hold until a few years ago. His 

 researches were mainly confined to the kingdom of Wiirtemberg ; 

 but he also made two journeys through Syria, and described the 

 results in his work ' Aus dem Orient.' He did much to form the 

 rich collection in the Museum at Stuttgart, and interested himself 

 in many researches beyond his special subjects. He wrote, among 

 other papers, 'Die Fauna von Steinheim,' 1870, and ' Geognostische 

 Beschreibung von Wiirttemberg,' 1882. 



The Kev. Egbert Hu^"TER, M.A., LL.D., died on February 25th, 

 1897, at his residence. Forest Retreat, Epping Forest, in the 

 74th year of his age. He was educated at Aberdeen University 

 and the jS"ew College, .Edinburgh. On quitting Aberdeen he went 

 out as a tutor to the Bermudas, devoting his spare time to the 

 study of the natural history of those islands. An introduction to 

 Prof. Owen led him to make a collection of the corals. In this he 

 was very successful, and in 1845 he brought back excellently pre- 

 served examples of the ' Brain Coral ' with the animal, which 

 Owen declared to be the finest specimens that at that time had 

 reached this country. Afterwards he went to j^agpur, India, 

 as a missionary of the Free Church of Scotland, and with his 

 colleague, the Rev. Stephen Hislop, he explored the geology of that 

 region, publishing the results as a joint memoir in the Journal of 

 this Society. After a few years' active work in India he returned 

 home, on account of serious illness. On his recovery he devoted 

 himself to literary work, and published a school history of India and 

 a history of the missions of the Free Church. From 1864 to 

 1866 he was resident tutor in the Theological College, Queen- 

 square, London. Retiring from this position he devoted himself to 

 the chief work of his life, the ' Encyclopaedic Dictionary,' for which 

 he was specially fitted by his linguistic attainments. He was not 

 only well versed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, but his residence in 

 India added a knowledge of Hindustani, and he also studied Arabic. 

 He devoted 17 years to the preparation of his dictionary before he 

 began to publish. The work was issued by Messrs. Cassell & Co., 

 and commanded much attention. The mineral ' hunterite ' was 

 named after Dr. Hunter by the Rev. Prof. Haughton, and he 

 was elected a Fellow of this Society in 1868. Those who knew 

 Dr. Hunter personally speak of him with much aff"ection as an 

 amiable, unselfish man, endowed with ' vast stores of learning 



