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spirited and full of illustrative anecdote. He looks about forty, a handsome 

 but careworn face, brown eyes and hair, and gold spectacles. He exhibited 

 and explained the geological maps of Devon and Cornwall which he is now 

 perfecting for the Ordnance (Survey).' 



Howard Fox was born at Falmouth in 1836, and worthily carried 

 on the traditions of his family, not only in the matter of social 

 gifts and personal kindliness, hut also in scientific research and the 

 love of Nature. For seventy years he was connected with the 

 shipping firm of G. C. Fox & Co., occupying various consular 

 posts, including that of American Consul, which had been held 

 almost continuously from the time of George Washington by 

 members of the Fox family, until the consular agency at Falmouth 

 was merged in that at Plymouth. He devoted his leisure mainly 

 to fishing, gardening, botany, and geology. His wonderful garden 

 at Kosehill was a delight to his friends, as also to many strangers 

 who had heard of its fame and were warmly welcomed by him. 

 But it is with his geological work that we are especially concerned. 

 His keen eye, coupled with a vigorous frame and a love of outdoor 

 life on land and sea, enabled him to make many notable discoveries. 

 He traced the radiolarian cherts (Codden Hill Beds) from Corn- 

 wall through Devon to West Somerset and, in conjunction with 

 Gr. J. Hinde, contributed an important paper to our Journal. It is 

 due to him that the radiolarian cherts and pillow-lavas of Mullion 

 Island were discovered, and proved to be present in other areas of 

 West Cornwall where Ordovician rocks occur. He explored every 

 nook and corner of the Lizard coast. He proved that the Man o' 

 War rocks are formed of a corrugated igneous gneiss, totally 

 different from any rocks occurring in situ on the mainland. ~ He 

 was also instrumental in throwing additional light on the vexed 

 questions connected with the mutual relations of the three main 

 rock-gToups of which the peninsula is composed — the ' granulate ' 

 series, the serpentine, and the hornblende-schist. Howard Fox 

 was essentially a field-geologist. All who were brought into 

 personal contact with him were captivated by his geniality and 

 stimulated by his enthusiasm. The records of his work are to 

 be found in the Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of 

 Cornwall, of which he was President during the years 1892-94, 

 the ' Geological Magazine,' our own Journal, and other scientific 

 periodicals. He died at Falmouth on November 15th, 1922, at the 

 ripe age of eighty-six, and was laid to rest in the Friends' Burial- 

 ground at Budock. [J. J. H. T.] 



