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produced an admirable little book entitled, a ‘ Sketch of the 
Natural History of Yarmouth,’ which was published in 1834. 
This early record of the energy and research of the two brothers 
was certainly one of the first and most complete of the local Faunas, 
which of late years have become so popular, and even in the present 
day, beyond the numerous additions which modern research has 
made, his observations are absolutely reliable and of the greatest 
value. Many notices of Norfolk Naturalists, contemporary with 
the Pagets, and working in the same line, will be found in the 
second volume of our ‘ Transactions.’ 
Sir James never forgot that he was a Norfolk man, and always 
took a lively interest in all that concerned his native town and 
county ; his busy professional life in London rendered it impossible 
for him to indulge in the pursuit of natural science with the 
vigour he displayed in early life, but ho was always ready to assist 
with his influence and ripe experience those who in this respect 
were more fortunately situated than himself, as evinced by the 
interest he expressed in our Yarmouth section, and his presentation 
to our Museum in 1885 of the Herbarium, which he formed when 
compiling the botanical section of the Natural History of Yarmouth. 
In him the Society has to regret the loss of one of its most 
distinguished members. 
Among the numerous honours showered upon Paget was 
a Baronetcy in 1871 in acknowledgment of his eminent services 
rendered to surgery ; in 1875 he was made President of the College 
of Surgeons; in 1877 he became Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen; 
in 1881 he was chosen President of the International Medical 
Congress; in 1884 he was made Vice-Chancellor of the University 
of London, added to which honorary degrees and distinctions 
were heaped upon him both at home and abroad. — T. S. 
