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On this journey he finally proceeded to Manilla, at the commence- 

 ment of hostilities between the Governments of the United States 

 and Spain ; and afterwards, when in London, related to the 

 writer how, while apparently collecting objects of natural history 

 there, he prepared plans of the harbour and defences, making 

 tracings of them upon articles of clothing, which he succeeded 

 in bringing out with him, and delivering to Admiral Dewey at 

 Hong-Kong, and which he asserted enabled the American fleet to 

 so easily enter and capture the place. 



After this he returned to America, but early last year was 

 again in London, arranging an expedition to East Africa and 

 Madagascar ; and, although evidently in very bad health, he left 

 in March for Mombasa. From here he worked along the line of 

 the Uganda Railway into the interior, making valuable collections 

 in the neighbourhood of Lake Naivasha and other parts. In the 

 last consignment received from him were a fine series of the 

 remarkable, and hitherto unique, Papilio rex, and also the Danais 

 formosa, of which it is so extraordinary a mimic. Doherty was 

 probably the most successful and extensive collector of birds 

 and insects since the days of Bates and Wallace. 



He wrote some papers on the butterflies of some of the 

 localities he visited, which have been published in the ' Journal ' 

 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. He also paid much attention 

 to land-shells, and discovered many new species. 



His age is not known to the writer, but was probably about 

 forty-five. 



O. E. J. 



