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followed by a sudden failure of understanding; then of appetite ; and he fell into 
a deep sleep of many hours duration, in which he expired, without a pang, on 
the 4th of February, 1837. His remains are deposited in the Abbey Church 
of Romsey. 
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The portrait of Dr. Latham, at the commencement of our current number, is 
lithographed by Day and Hague, from an engraving presented by the doctor to 
Mr. Wood in 1835. It had then been taken three or four years. A seal 
containing an impression of his likeness was, he states in one of his letters, 44 un¬ 
expectedly presented to him by his late friend Gen. Hardwicke.” 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION, NEWCASTLE, 
AUGUST, 1838. 
This Meeting commenced on Monday, Aug. 20, and continued through the 
week. The number of members in attendance was greater than ever, and the 
interest and importance of the papers produced at the various sections do not 
appear to have diminished. We present our readers with an abstract of the 
proceedings in— 
Section D.—ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. 
President —Sir W. Jardine, Bart. 
Vice-Presidents —R. K. Greville, LL.D., Rev. L. Jenyns, Rev. F.W. Hope. 
Secretaries —Messrs. John Edward Gray, R. Owen, John Richardson, M.D. 
Assistant Secretary —Prof. T. Rymer Jones. 
Committee —Messrs. Joshua Alder, John Adamson, C. C. Babington, J. E. 
Bowman, — Bowman, W. Backhouse, Thomas Bell, Thomas Coulter, 
M.D., Messrs. J. H. Fryer, George T. Fox, Albany Hancock, W. C. 
Hewitson, Hon. T. H. Liddell, Mr. Edwin Lankester, Prof. Morren, of 
Liege, Patrick Neill, LL.D., Mr. George Ord (Philadelphia), R. Parnell, 
M.D., Mr. W. Robertson, Capt. James Ross, R.N., Messrs. P. J. Selby, 
W. Thompson, G. Wailes, T. Teale, W. C. Trevelyan, W. Yarrell, 
Richard Taylor, Rev. W. PIincks, Captain J. Cook, R.N., Messrs. T. 
Allis, Arthur Strickland, H. C. Watson, G. B. Sowerby, Prof. Ehren- 
berg, Joseph Woods, Prof. Graham, M.D. 
Monday. 
The first paper read was 44 On a species of Fish having four eyes, found on 
the coast of Surinam.” This paper was read by Mr. Gray, and consisted of a 
curious account of a fish having a hump at the back of its head, in which were 
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