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  Obituary 
  Notices 
  of 
  Fellows 
  deceased. 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Biologia 
  ' 
  was 
  to 
  publish 
  six 
  quarto 
  parts 
  

   annually, 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  various 
  subjects, 
  with 
  six 
  coloured 
  plates 
  in 
  each, 
  so 
  

   paged 
  and 
  numbered 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  when 
  complete 
  he 
  broken 
  up 
  and 
  bound 
  

   in 
  their 
  respective 
  volumes. 
  The 
  work 
  gradually 
  grew 
  until, 
  when 
  finished, 
  

   it 
  consisted 
  of 
  63 
  quarto 
  volumes 
  ; 
  of 
  which 
  1 
  forms 
  the 
  Introduction, 
  51 
  

   relate 
  to 
  Zoology, 
  5 
  to 
  Botany, 
  and 
  6 
  to 
  Archaeology. 
  Of 
  .these, 
  three 
  

   volumes 
  on 
  Birds 
  and 
  three 
  on 
  Butterflies 
  were 
  the 
  sole 
  work 
  of 
  Godman 
  

   and 
  Salvin, 
  whilst 
  those 
  on 
  other 
  orders 
  of 
  insects 
  were 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  various 
  

   specialists, 
  those 
  on 
  Botany 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hemsley, 
  and 
  those 
  on 
  Archaeology 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  A. 
  P. 
  Maudslay. 
  They 
  are 
  illustrated 
  by 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  1677 
  plates, 
  of 
  

   which 
  over 
  900 
  are 
  coloured; 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  described 
  

   is 
  50,263, 
  of 
  which 
  more 
  than 
  19,000 
  were 
  new. 
  

  

  Neither 
  to 
  G-odman 
  nor 
  Salvin 
  was 
  granted 
  the 
  health 
  and 
  strength 
  to 
  

   complete 
  the 
  work 
  as 
  they 
  had 
  originally 
  intended, 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  former 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  years 
  gave 
  time 
  to 
  bring 
  many 
  descriptions 
  to 
  an 
  end, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   assistance 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  zoologists 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  a 
  summing 
  up 
  of 
  each 
  subject 
  was 
  

   made, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  maps 
  specially 
  drawn 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  The 
  larger 
  

   intention 
  of 
  publishing 
  the 
  deductions 
  arrived 
  at 
  during 
  such 
  an 
  extensive 
  

   work 
  would 
  have 
  occupied 
  years, 
  and, 
  with 
  failing 
  health, 
  Godman 
  wisely 
  

   elected 
  to 
  offer 
  to 
  the 
  world 
  a 
  book, 
  already 
  more 
  vast 
  and 
  complete 
  in 
  detail 
  

   than 
  anything 
  ever 
  yet 
  privately 
  published, 
  stating, 
  as 
  he 
  did 
  in 
  the 
  preface, 
  

   that 
  in 
  laying 
  the 
  foundations, 
  he 
  trusted 
  that 
  others 
  might 
  develop 
  the 
  

   work. 
  

  

  In 
  1880, 
  Godman 
  accompanied 
  me 
  on 
  a 
  short 
  trip 
  to 
  India, 
  during 
  which 
  

   we 
  visited 
  the 
  North-west 
  Himalayas 
  and 
  Sikkim, 
  advancing 
  into 
  the 
  

   interior 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  snow 
  would 
  allow. 
  The 
  wonderful 
  views 
  of 
  Kinchin- 
  

   junga 
  from 
  a 
  point 
  very 
  near 
  its 
  base, 
  and 
  of 
  Mount 
  Everest 
  by 
  moonlight 
  

   from 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  13,000 
  feet 
  impressed 
  Godman 
  deeply, 
  and 
  great 
  

   traveller 
  as 
  he 
  was, 
  he 
  always 
  referred 
  with 
  delight 
  to 
  that 
  splendid 
  

   scenery. 
  Here 
  the 
  first 
  symptoms 
  of 
  a 
  slight 
  weakness 
  of 
  the 
  heart, 
  which 
  

   afterwards 
  showed 
  itself 
  at 
  lower 
  elevations, 
  became 
  evident, 
  and 
  on 
  one 
  

   occasion 
  this 
  overcame 
  Godman 
  so 
  seriously 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  very 
  

   anxious 
  about 
  his 
  recovery 
  ; 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  so 
  active 
  and 
  keen 
  both 
  in 
  sport 
  and 
  

   collecting, 
  that 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  hesitate 
  afterwards 
  to 
  undertake 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  rather 
  

   dangerous 
  journey 
  through 
  the 
  fever-stricken 
  jungles 
  of 
  the 
  Bhotan 
  Duars 
  

   to 
  get 
  a 
  very 
  rare 
  and 
  remarkable 
  butterfly 
  which 
  had 
  then 
  only 
  once 
  been 
  

   taken 
  near 
  Buxa. 
  In 
  1885 
  he 
  was 
  advised 
  to 
  spend 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  a 
  warmer 
  

   climate 
  than 
  England, 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  Mexico 
  in 
  the 
  autumn, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  

   two 
  ornithological 
  and 
  two 
  entomological 
  collectors 
  who 
  worked 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  country 
  where 
  no 
  previous 
  collections 
  had 
  been 
  made. 
  He 
  visited 
  the 
  

   celebrated 
  ruins 
  of 
  Yucatan, 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  admirably 
  figured 
  and 
  

   described 
  in 
  the 
  archaeological 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Biologia 
  ' 
  by 
  Maudslay, 
  and 
  when 
  

   I 
  joined 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  we 
  visited 
  Orizaba 
  and 
  ascended 
  the 
  volcano 
  of 
  

   Popocatapetl, 
  where 
  we 
  made 
  large 
  collections, 
  returning 
  via 
  California, 
  

   visiting 
  the 
  Yosemite 
  Valley 
  and 
  afterwards 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  National 
  Park. 
  

  

  