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Obituary Notice of Sir William Jardine, Bart., of 

 Applegirth. 



Sir William Jardine, Bart., the eminent naturalist and 

 ornithologist, was born at Edinburgh, 1800. He was edu- 

 cated at home to the age of fifteen, and then at York where, 

 as he often related in after life, he was " sent to learn 

 English." From York he went to Edinburgh, where he 

 studied Medicine and Anatomy ; and his scientific training 

 at the University of Edinburgh, laid the foundation of that 

 love for Natural History, which so distinguished him in 

 after life. Here he attended the lectures and geological 

 excursions of Professor Jameson, and the botanical lectures 

 of Mr. James Scott ; while his studies in comparative anat- 

 omy, were carried on under Professor John Lizars, who 

 afterwards became his brother-in-law, as he afterwards 

 married his sister in 1820. He then pursued his anatomical 

 studies in Paris ; but his father, Sir Alexander, dying in 

 1821, he returned to Scotland to fulfil the important duties 

 of a large landed proprietor. 



At all times he was a keen sportsman, both with rod and 

 gun, and when a young man was a hard rider to hounds. 

 More than once he has been known to dash into the flooded 

 Annan on his favourite horse, when fox and hounds had 

 crossed the water, which to others was dangerous in the 

 extreme, as the stream is very rapid when in flood. 



In 1825, he published jointly with Mr. P. J. Selby of 

 Twizel, " Illustrations of Ornithology ;" the 4th volume of 

 which was not completed until 1843. 



In 1831, was founded the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 

 the first established of the many Field Clubs now in exist- 

 ence throughout Great Britain ; Sir William Jardine was 

 elected a member in 1832, and was President in 1836. 



In 1833, he commenced the editorship of "The Naturalists' 

 Library," in 40 vols. ; which occupied him for 10 years, 

 many of the volumes being written by himself. In 1831, 

 he assisted in conducting the third volume of the " Edinburgh 

 Journal of Natural and Geographical Science." He was also 

 in 1837-8, joint editor with Dr. Johnston of Berwick, and 

 P. J. Selby, of the " Magazine of Zoology and Botany ;" 

 which after the publication of the 2nd volume merged into 

 the " Annals of Natural History." He was also joint editor 

 with Dr. Balfour and others, of the third series of the 



