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nomad lived and fished along the banks of the Thames, down to the 

 time in which we live, are carefnlly considered. We have here a 

 sketch of the evolution of the county, in its races, its homes, 

 fortresses, arts of life, domestic and military ; and in its ecclesias- 

 tical, military, municipal, and civic relations. 



In this, too, his antiquarian knowledge gave his story vigour 

 and accuracy. The ancient camps and earthworks were much 

 elucidated by his familiarity with natural science and military 

 knowledge, also shown in the ' Transactions of the Newbury 

 District Eield Club,' of which he was a worthy honorary member. 

 His clear and succinct account of the Stone-Implement Station in 

 Wishmoor Bottom, near Sandhurst, Blackwater, and Camberley, 

 with a good plan and an explanation of the structure of the ground, 

 is published in the Report Brit. Assoc, for 1872 (1873), vol. xlii, 

 Sect. p. 190, and ' Journal of the Anthropological Institute,' vol. ii, 

 no. 6 (Jan. 1873), pp. 365-372, pis. xx & xxi. 



Col. King was elected a Pellow of the Geological Society in 1872. 

 In 1875 he communicated to that Society a paper, written in con- 

 junction with his friend T. Eupert Jones, on some newly-exposed 

 sections of the ' Woolwich and Heading Beds ' at Coley Hill, 

 Reading, Berks. -^ The features there exposed were correlated with 

 those of neighbouring sections described by Buckland and Rolfe many 

 years ago, and more lately by Prestwich and Whitaker. Two zones 

 of cla5''-galls were particularly described ; and the beds and levels 

 from which these balls of clay (and ochreous nodules) were derived 

 were carefully indicated. Together with the same friend, Col. C. C. 

 King had long studied the conditions and characters of the Bagshot 

 Sands ; and his acute observations and thoughtful conclusions must 

 be regarded as having given value to the papers on the Bagshot 

 district published in the * Proceedings of the Geologists' Associa- 

 tion,' vol. vi (1880-1881), pp. 319, 429, etc. 



His high grade in college work indicated his mental capacity, 

 strong will, and power of endurance ; and his subsequent career 

 showed his versatility and broad intellectual grasp ; also his deter- 

 mination to use his gifts for the benefit of his country, and especi- 

 ally of those around him. Thus a man of talent, of great capabilities, 

 of high attainments, and enormous energy, conscientiously and 

 willingly exercising his powers for the good of others, and working 

 hard for the support of his family even to the last, has passed away, 

 like a goodly fruiting-tree, torn away by the ruthless tide of a 



^ Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. rsxi (1875) pp. 451-457 & pi. xxii. 



