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have always found a greater attraction in Botany, and on going 

 to reside in Ireland he at once began to pay serious attention to 

 the flowering plants of that country, and ultimately became the 

 highest authority on that subject. In 1866, in conjunction with 

 Dr. David Moore, he published an excellent volume on the dis- 

 tribution of Irish plants, with the title, ' Contributions towards a 

 Cybele Hibernica,' and for many years before his death he had 

 in preparation a second edition of this work, which it is to be 

 hoped may yet be completed by other hands. 



In January, 1867, he was appointed assistant naturalist in 

 the Museum of Natural History of the Royal Dublin Society, 

 and when, in 1878, that museum was purchased by the Govern- 

 ment, and became designated " The Science and Art Museum," 

 his appointment in the Natural History department was con- 

 firmed. A few years later, namely, in 1881, on the death of the 

 Director, Dr. Carte, the title of Curator was substituted for the 

 post to which Mr. More was then appointed, and this position he 

 accepted until 1887, when failing health compelled him to retire 

 on a pension after twenty years' service. Two years prior to his 

 resignation he issued a ' List of Irish Birds,' in connection with 

 the collection in the Museum of Science and Art, and a second 

 edition of this appeared in 1889. In the year in which his term 

 of office expired he brought out a useful Guide to the Natural 

 History Department of the Museum, a fitting termination to his 

 public career. It is to be regretted that with his active mind 

 and enforced leisure he had not sufficient energy remaining to 

 utilise the materials he had collected for a new fauna and flora of 

 Ireland. Some years ago, during an excursion to one of the 

 islands on the West Coast of Ireland, he received a blow with a 

 stone on the hip, which eventually resulted in disease of the hip- 

 joint. From the time of his retirement he had to walk with 

 crutches, and during the last year or two of his life he could only 

 get about in a bath-chair. This did not deprive him, however, 

 of the pleasure of receiving the friends who lived near him, and 

 of corresponding with those who resided at a distance ; and in 

 this he found some alleviation of physical suffering. His last 

 attack of bronchitis was brief, and in a few days the end came. 

 His loss will be deplored not only by the friends in his adopted 

 country, by whom he was regarded as a most trustworthy referee 

 on all questions touching the Zoology and Botany of Ireland, but 



