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  Obituary 
  Notices 
  of 
  Fellows 
  deceased. 
  

  

  A 
  picture 
  of 
  Edward 
  Saunders, 
  as 
  a 
  young 
  man, 
  is 
  recalled 
  by 
  his 
  friend, 
  

   TMr. 
  G. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Eothney 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  can 
  see 
  him 
  now 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  in 
  1868 
  to 
  1870, 
  looking 
  

   so 
  very 
  young 
  and 
  boyish, 
  but 
  standing 
  up 
  and 
  reading 
  learned 
  papers 
  at 
  the 
  

   Entomological 
  Society 
  on 
  the 
  Buprestidae, 
  listened 
  to 
  and 
  holding 
  his 
  own 
  

   with 
  the 
  giants 
  of 
  those 
  days 
  — 
  Westwood, 
  Lubbock, 
  Bates, 
  Wallace, 
  

   McLachlan, 
  Stainton, 
  and 
  Frederick 
  Smith." 
  

  

  For 
  many 
  years 
  before 
  his 
  death, 
  Edward 
  Saunders 
  had 
  suffered 
  from 
  

   lung 
  trouble, 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  gradually 
  losing 
  strength, 
  and 
  when, 
  in 
  March, 
  

   1909, 
  he 
  was 
  seized 
  with 
  influenza 
  he 
  never 
  fully 
  recovered. 
  " 
  At 
  the 
  last 
  

   there 
  was 
  extreme 
  weakness, 
  but 
  happily 
  no 
  pain 
  whatever, 
  and 
  his 
  interest 
  

   in 
  scientific 
  matters 
  was 
  keen 
  and 
  bright 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  end." 
  (1) 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  quote, 
  in 
  concluding 
  this 
  brief 
  memoir, 
  the 
  impres- 
  

   sions 
  of 
  two 
  Hymenopterist 
  friends, 
  one 
  of 
  about 
  his 
  own 
  age, 
  the 
  other 
  

   much 
  younger. 
  The 
  abiding 
  memories 
  of 
  both 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  my 
  own 
  

   and 
  dwell 
  on 
  his 
  unbounded 
  kindness 
  and 
  generosity 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  needed 
  his 
  

   scientific 
  help. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  G-. 
  A. 
  James 
  Eothney 
  remembers 
  that 
  Edward 
  Saunders 
  was 
  glad 
  to 
  see 
  

   a 
  fellow 
  naturalist, 
  even 
  when 
  he 
  called 
  at 
  Lloyd's, 
  and 
  brought 
  him 
  out 
  of 
  that 
  

   busy 
  room 
  to 
  talk 
  about 
  ants 
  and 
  bees. 
  " 
  I 
  often 
  thought," 
  he 
  writes, 
  " 
  that 
  

   he 
  must 
  have 
  inwardly 
  cursed 
  me, 
  when 
  the 
  red-coated 
  official 
  called 
  his 
  

   name, 
  and 
  he 
  hurried 
  out 
  to 
  find 
  no 
  business 
  but 
  an 
  ant-man 
  who 
  wanted 
  help 
  ; 
  

   but 
  he 
  never 
  showed 
  it, 
  and 
  was 
  always 
  smiling 
  and 
  genial 
  in 
  his 
  welcome. 
  

   Like 
  Frederick 
  Smith, 
  he 
  had 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  rapidly 
  sketching 
  a 
  character 
  or 
  

   feature 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  an 
  envelope 
  or 
  any 
  scrap 
  of 
  paper. 
  In 
  his 
  

   home 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  difficult 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  loved 
  by 
  all, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  friend 
  

   and 
  comrade 
  of 
  his 
  sons 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  their 
  father. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  good 
  man 
  in 
  the 
  

   highest 
  sense, 
  and 
  in 
  everything 
  the 
  soul 
  of 
  honour. 
  I 
  never 
  came 
  away 
  

   from 
  a 
  visit 
  without 
  feeling 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  the 
  better 
  for 
  it. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  great 
  

   admiration 
  and 
  respect, 
  and 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  love 
  for 
  him. 
  He 
  was 
  the 
  kindest 
  

   helper 
  and 
  friend 
  that 
  any 
  one 
  could 
  have." 
  

  

  Dr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Perkins 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  rather 
  remarkable 
  that 
  I 
  never 
  actually 
  met 
  Edward 
  Saunders, 
  

   though 
  I 
  corresponded 
  with 
  him 
  continually 
  for 
  over 
  20 
  years 
  ! 
  Once 
  when 
  

   I 
  had 
  arranged 
  to 
  meet 
  hirn, 
  I 
  rather 
  unexpectedly 
  and 
  hurriedly 
  left 
  again 
  

   for 
  Hawaii. 
  Nevertheless 
  I 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  known 
  him 
  very 
  well, 
  for 
  at 
  some 
  

   periods 
  I 
  think 
  w 
  7 
  e 
  must 
  have 
  written 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  almost 
  weekly 
  or 
  at 
  least 
  

   once 
  a 
  fortnight. 
  

  

  " 
  When 
  I 
  think 
  of 
  Edward 
  Saunders 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  his 
  kindness 
  and 
  generosity 
  

   to 
  beginners 
  that 
  first 
  comes 
  into 
  my 
  mind. 
  When 
  I 
  first 
  began 
  to 
  collect 
  

   and 
  study 
  Hymenoptera 
  I 
  was 
  only 
  a 
  schoolboy, 
  well 
  acquainted 
  already 
  with 
  

   Lspidoptera 
  ; 
  but 
  to 
  a 
  Lepidopterist 
  the 
  change 
  from 
  his 
  own 
  group 
  to 
  such 
  

   different 
  things 
  as 
  bees 
  and 
  wasps 
  naturally 
  presents 
  considerable 
  difficulties 
  

   at 
  first. 
  As 
  it 
  happened 
  several 
  of 
  Saunders' 
  nephews 
  were 
  at 
  school 
  with 
  

   me 
  at 
  Merchant 
  Taylors', 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  kindly 
  obtained 
  the 
  loan 
  of 
  a 
  book 
  

   or 
  two 
  for 
  me. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  I 
  got 
  into 
  correspondence 
  with 
  him. 
  He 
  not 
  

  

  