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most important publiciition -was his large monograph in four quarto 

 volumes on the Palajontologj' of Lomhardy, begun in 1858 and 

 completed in 1881, with the cooperation of Prof. Cornalia and 

 Prof. Meneghini. Better known, perhaps, to geologists generally is 

 the volume on tlie Neozoic era, published in 1881, in which he 

 discussed the glaciation of the Italian Alps, and the condition of 

 the Itahan peninsula during Pleistocene times. He was elected a 

 Foreign Correspondent of our Society in 1889. At, the time of 

 his death, which took place on the 1st January last, in the 6Gth 

 year of his age, he was President of the Italian Society of Natural 

 Sciences. 



Turning now to the home-list, first and most memorable among 

 our losses during the bygone year is that caused by the death of our 

 esteemed and distinguished Poreign Secretary. We have already 

 formally expressed our deep regret at this event and our recognition 

 of the value of the long and devoted service rendered to the Society 

 by our late colleague. But I am sure I shall carry with me the 

 entire sympathy of every Eellow if I dwell for a little on what our 

 friend was to us and to others, what he did for science, and why 

 we shall long mourn his departure from our midst. 



"Warington W. Smyth was born in 1817 at Naples, where his 

 maternal grandfather, Mr. Thomas Warington, was British Consul. 

 His father. Admiral W. H. Smyth, F.ll.S., spent many years in the 

 Admiralty Survey of the Mediterranean. He wrote papers on 

 astronomical and geographical subjects, as well as separate works on 

 Sicily and the Mediterranean, which marked him out as one of the 

 most scientific naval officers of his time. The son was sent home to 

 be educated in this country, and was placed at Westminster and 

 Bedford Schools, subsequently entering at Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge. Endowed with a constitution of rare vigour, and a passion 

 for active exercise, he threw himself with ardour into the sports of 

 the University, formed one of the winning University Crew in 1839, 

 and as " head of the river " rowed with such energy as to be nick- 

 named " the steam-engine." 



Leaving Cambridge with a travelling bachelorship, he spent more 

 than four years in journeying over a large part of Europe, extending 

 his rambles into Asia Minor, the borders of Kurdistan, Syria, and 

 Egypt. Having already begun to look with interest on minerals 

 and rocks, he made it one of his main objects in this prolonged tour 



