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in what he regarded as a labour of love, and although only organized 

 a few years ago, it is already one of the most popular attractions 

 at the Adelaide Gardens. He also took great interest in explor- 

 ation, and was a member of the Council of the South Australian 

 Branch of the Royal Geographical Society. The death of such a 

 man will be a great loss to scientific as well as social circles. 



Dr. Ottokar Feistmantel held at the time of his death, on 

 January 10th last, the appointment of Professor of Geology and 

 Palaeontology at the Polytechnicum in Prague. In 1876 he joined 

 the Geological Survey Service of India as Palaeontologist, which 

 he left in 1883 on furlough, resigning however, eventually in 1885 

 (without having returned to India) on accepting the before 

 mentioned Professorship in Prague. His work in India was 

 almost wholly Palseo-botanical, and is represented by numerous 

 papers on the " Records of the Geological Survey of India," and 

 four magnificent volumes of the " Palseontolpgia Indica," relating 

 to the " Fossil-Flora of the Gondwana System in India," commen- 

 ing about 1877 and reaching completion in 1886. Therein are 

 described and compared the whole of the Mesozoic Coal Flora of 

 India and its relation to outside areas pointed out. 



Amongst us, however, Dr. Feistmantel's name will always be 

 remembered in connection with his "Palaeozoische und Mesozoische 

 Flora des oestlichen Australiens," published in the " Palaeonto- 

 graphica" for 1878-79, (Suppl. Bd. in., Lief. 3) in which he 

 described the fossil plants collected during the life-long explora- 

 tions of the late Rev. W. B. Clarke, p.r.s., supplemented by 

 others, contributed by Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, f.g.s., Government 

 Geologist for N.S.W. An epitome of this work appeared in the 

 Geological Magazine for 1879 (Dec. 2, Vol. vi.,) and in the Journal 

 of the Royal Society of New South Wales (Vol. xiv., pro 1880, 

 pp. 103-118) under the title of " Notes on the Fossil Flora of 

 Eastern Australia and Tasmania." This important paper was 

 read before this Society by Mr. C. S. Wilkinson at the meeting 

 held here on .Aug. 4th, 1880. 



