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municating his acquired knowledge to others, especially the young. 
As a microscopist he devoted some attention to the lower forms of 
aquatic life, but he never prepared many objects, or kept any large 
collection of slides. Ills instrument was a small one, but passers- 
by might see it standing near the window of his rooms on Bank 
Plain, ready to interest any caller in a dip of water from his 
aquarium. 
A warning of trouble in one of his eyes, somewhere before 1860, 
precluded his further use of the microscope ; but he continued 
a most faithful and interested attendant at the monthly meetings. 
Having seen in his native town the benefit and interest excited 
by the meetings of the British Association, he strenuously 
advocated that one should be held in the city of his adoption, 
and in 1868 he acted here in conjunction with Canon Hinds 
Howell and Dr. Dalrymple as local secretary, so that two of the 
members of the Microscopical Society filled that ollice. 
In later life he took orders in the Church of England, and died 
Rector of St. Lawrence parish. All who knew him during his 
long residence here had for him deep respect and esteem, and he 
inspired his parishioners, most of whom were of the humbler 
orders, with the same feelings. He died from a chill, brought on 
during a hurried visit to his parish to arrange for an Easter 
tea-party, and those who attended the funeral service in his church 
can never forget the sight of his little choir boys, whose bitter 
tears rendered them inaudible, or the long stream of women who 
reverently walked behind the mourning carriages to the cemetery. 
Remember, he was the first President of your Society, and an 
appreciative mention of him appears in the opening of the 
presidential address in 1879, but the writer of that notice had not 
known him for forty years as I had been permitted to, and 
I venture therefore to hope that this tribute may not be 
inappropriate. 
He had known James Mottram [Council 1873 — 76; Secretary, 
1859 — 73], from his childhood, and when in 1856 the latter 
consulted him as to the purchase of a microscope, he readily 
assisted him in the selection of a Smith and Beck “Student” 
stand. But this was not all, for without consulting him he 
proposed his young friend as a member of the Society. The new 
instrument, which was fitted to play the part of David to the 
