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his house, and was so debilitated that he was unable to see any 

 but his intimate acquaintances. He suffered greatly, but he bore- 

 his afflictions with remarkable fortitude, and patience. Although 

 an invalid he still continued to work at his scientific pursuits with 

 a vigour that could hardly be expected from a person in his 

 physical state, and published many essays on the natural history 

 of the countries he had visited, one of his latest being " The 

 Natural History of the Mollusca of Australia," for which he 

 received our medal and a money grant of £25, offered for the 

 best original communication upon that subject. 



Mr. Woods was at one time President of the Linnean Society 

 of New South Wales, and at the time of his decease was one of 

 its Vice-presidents. He was the " Clarke Medallist " of the Royal 

 Society of New South Wales in 1888. He also received the gold 

 medal given by his Majesty William III., King of the Netherlands 

 for a work upou "Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales," 

 written by him at the request of the Government of New South 

 Wales at the time of the Fisheries Exhibition held in London. 

 He was an accomplished scholar and excellent linguist, a good 

 musician and an artist of considerable ability ; most of the draw- 

 ings which illustrate his scientific works were the work of his own 

 hand. He was characterised by great simplicity, courtesy and 

 kindness of manner, a quiet, cheerful, pleasant voice and ready 

 kindly smile, no small matters in these days of hurry and high 

 pressure. Having been resident in several of the colonies, he was 

 very widely known and laudatory biographical notices appeared 

 in all the leading Australian papers. The full funeral honours of 

 the Roman Catholic Church were paid to our late member (whose 

 remains, previous to interment in the Waverley Cemetery, were 

 on Oct. 9th last, taken to the Roman Catholic Cathedral) by the 

 Cardinal and other church dignitaries ; amongst those who attended 

 his funeral as a tribute of respect were your President, the Senior 

 Honorary Secretary and other members of the Council, together 

 with members of the Council of the Linnean Society, many repre„ 

 sentative residents and personal friends of the deceased naturalist. 



