152 The F other gill Family as Ornithologists. 
wandering through such parts of Great Britain as were least 
known.* * * § We learn that he was living ‘ in the neighbourhood 
of York a few years ago (1808) /f and it may here be added 
that an allusion, presumably to Charles Fothergill (H), in 
Historia Naturalis Orcadensis\ would seem to indicate that 
in 1806 he resided at Richmond, Yorkshire. Turning again 
to his Essay we find that Charles Fothergill gives the following 
reason for its publication : — F Having been engaged for many 
years in studies connected with the Natural History, and 
especially with the Zoology of Great Britain, I lately quitted 
my retirement in the country for a temporary residence in 
London, in order to arrange the numerous papers, containing 
the result of my researches on these subjects, for publication 
previous to my departure from England on a distant voyage/§ 
and this may refer to his emigration to Canada in July, 1816. 
He refers to ‘ a relative, and intimate friend of mine, Wm. 
Fothergill, Esq., of Carr-End, in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, 
who has generally a tame toad in his garden/ || and this 
reference to his uncle is of no little interest. Charles Fother- 
gill (H) describes himself as ‘ one who has been accustomed 
to consider every hour that is not appropriated to profitable 
thinking, or useful exertion, as lost or misspent /K and it 
appears that, in 1813, he was engaged in preparing a series of 
works for the press : — ‘ the works alluded to are some under- 
takings of considerable magnitude, which have occupied the 
attention of the Author for several years. They will form 
publications entirely independent of each other, though the 
whole are composed of materials originally intended for one 
great work ; the design of which has been abandoned through 
necessity rather than inclination. That which is at present 
in the state of most forwardness is entitled Memoirs and 
Illustrations of British Zoology, % containing the result of 
personal research into the lives, economy, and uses of such 
general and species of animals as are the least known or 
understood throughout England, Scotland, and Wales ; 
illustrated by the most accurate representations of many 
rare subjects not hitherto figured in any work extant/ 
(To be continued). 
* Loc. cit. p. 109. f Charles Fothergill : An Essay on the Philo- 
sophy, Study and Use of Natural History (1813), p. 221. 
I W. B. Baikie and Robert Heddle : Historia Naturalis Orcadensis 
(1848), pp. 61-62 ; see also p. 51. 
§ Charles Fothergill : An Essay on. the Philosophy , Study and Use of 
Natural History (1813), pp. xv.-xvi. 
|| Loc. cit. p. 194. ^ Loc. cit. p. xxi. 
$ Charles Fothergill : An Essay on the Philosophy , Study and Use of 
Natural History (1813), p. 61, where this work is described as ‘ now in 
the press.’ 
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