TO 



THE MEMOEY 



OF 

 MT FRIEND AND CLASS-FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, 



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B.4., F.L.S., F.G.S., kc, 

 FELLOW OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; 

 PROSECTOR TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; 



WHO DIED IN AFRICA IN JANUARY, 1883, 



WHILE LEADING A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION ALONG THE RIVER NIGER; 



AND WHO, ALREADY EMINENT FOR ENDURING WORK 

 ACCOMPLISHED IN ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 



WAS IN FUTURE PROMISE PRE-EMINENT OVER ALL OF HIS TIME, 



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