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Memoriam — Robert Law. 



fossils. He was intolerant of all shams and pretence, and held 

 in the highest regard every lover of natnre, whether rich or 

 poor. 



We annex a letter from Dr. Wheelton Hind, the President 

 of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, who has kindly favoured 

 us with his impressions on the late Robert Law : — ' I have 

 not much to say, except that he generously placed the whole 

 of his collection of Carboniferous lamellibranchiata at my dis- 

 posal for my monograph, when in preparation for the Palseon- 

 tological Society. I went to his house on more than one 

 occasion and selected the specimens. In the family of the 

 Pectenidae, his collection was of the utmost service. His 

 specimens were carefully labelled, and his localities trustworthy. 

 He was most anxious at all times that his collection should be 

 used for scientific purposes. Whenever he spoke on geological 

 questions, his remarks were always to the point, showing what 

 a grasp he had of the subject, and how carefully he had gone 

 into the field work and stratigraphy. 



His collections have been of great service to the Geological 

 Survey, especially in the Palseontological lists compiled by 

 Mr. Lamplugh for the memoir on " The Geology of the Isle of 

 Man."' 



The intense love of Mr. Law for geological science and the 

 high regard in which he held the Geological Society of London 

 are shown by the fact that by his last will and testament, he 

 gives to the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, his 

 Carboniferous Limestone fossils, and also gives £1000 to the 

 Geological Society, London, under conditions, as shown in the 

 following extract from his will, communicated to us by Mrs. 

 Law : — ' And I give to my said wife the free and undisturbed 

 use during her life-time of my carboniferous limestone fossils, 

 and from and after her death I give the same to the Natural 

 History Museum at South Kensington, it being my desire that 

 they shall be kept as The Law Collection." And from and 

 after the death of my said wife, I give to the Geological Society 

 at Burlington House, London, the sum of £1000, to be paid the 

 President, Secretary, or Treasurer, for the time being of such 

 Society, it being my desire that such sum shall be invested, 

 and the income utilised in annually purchasing a medal called 

 " The Law Medal," to be given to practical geologists of any 

 nationality in furtherance of geological research, and to such 

 persons as the Council of the Society may think most worthy 



Naturalist, 



