208 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 
Miller and C. B. Dyer.” In 1880, the collection of fossils, weighing 
more than seventeen thousand pounds, was sold to Prof. Agassiz, and 
removed to the Cambridge Museum. | 
Mr. Dyer was a benefactor of science, and, as an evidence of the 
esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries, nine fossil species 
are made to commemorate his name. 
He was a self-made man, in all respects, and possessed much more 
than ordinary intellectual firmness. Without the advantages of an 
education, or means with which to make a start in life, by the severest 
toil he accumulated a respectable fortune, at the expense somewhat of 
his physical, vitality, and retired from business before he arrived at the 
age of fifty. He then devoted himself to the study of nature and the 
accumulation of a library, and died a well-informed man, of whom it 
may well be said, the world is better off for his having lived. 
He was respected and admired by all for his unfaltering truthfulness 
and honesty in all the relations of life. He died, after a severe illness 
of three months, surrounded by an affectionate and loving family. As 
he was not a member of any church, the funeral services were heid in 
the parlor of his residence, without the assistance of a minister. They 
were very plain, and consisted alone of music upon the parlor organ, 
and a few remarks from his friend, 8. A. Miller. The pall-bearers 
were U. P. James, E. M. Smith, Alonzo Anderson, William H. Lowry, 
S. A. Miller and Dr. O. D. Norton. He was interred in Spring Grove 
Cemetery. 
The address of Mr. 8. A. Miller was an  appremunte and fitting 
tribute to his memory, and we are glad to be able to present it as part 
of this report. He said: 
Relatives and Friends of the Deveasced 
The trees are loaded with foliage, the wild flowers are in bloom, 
nature is active in developing tissues and speeding the growth of 
organisms—it is midsummer, and we have assembled around a casket 
containing a friend whose life is now no more, not to pay the last, nor 
a parting tribute to his memory, but as a manifestation of our regard 
for him, and the noble qualities of manhood which he possessed. ‘The 
latter survive, and will live with us when the trees have lost their lux- 
uriance, when the heat of the sun has ceased to fructify, and all with- 
out betokens the coming of winter. They will live with us in winter 
and summer, with each returning day and season, so long as we shall 
be able to appreciate integrity, honesty, devotion to science, and the 
higher cultivation of the mind. 
In every country homage is paid to the illustrious dead. The 
