xvi ROBERT BLAKEY 



of Dr. Robert Blalcey, Professor of Logic and Meta- 

 physies, Queen's College, Belfast; and writing in 1879, 

 the year after his death, says that his friend had 

 spent the closing years of his life enjoying his well- 

 earned pension from the Civil List. Although too 

 feeble to be able to attend divine service, except at 

 rare intervals, he became a member of the church, so 

 that he might die in the faith of his fathers, and 

 although his bodily infirmities were great, his conver- 

 sational powers and clear intellect remained. 

 The editor of his Memoirs says : — 



"Dr. Blakey was intensely human. His appreciation of field 

 sports, and especially his love of angling, together with his 

 universal good humour, made his fellowship a boon to all who 

 had its privilege. He was a many-sided man. Like many such, 

 he may not have been ' a star that dwelt apart,' or reached a 

 lofty pinnacle of fame ; but, taking his life as a whole, it presents 

 to the last generation of this century a remarkable instance of 

 indomitable perseverance and varied excellence." 



Thus the good old angler fell asleep, at the age of 

 eighty-three, and his grave may be found in Kensal 

 Green Cemetery. W. S. 



