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galleries of South Kensington to breathe in the atmosphere of this 
simple and wonderful village museum. Now what Gilbert White 
was and Jonathan Hutchinson is to their countrysides, that in great 
measure Mr. Bouve has been to his country town, Hingham. There 
he had a beautiful home surrounded by a well-grown arboretum of 
his own planting, where he most hospitably entertained this Society 
on one of its occasional summer outings. In this stone mansion 
was his choice and valuable collection of gems and other minerals. 
Every plant and tree in that township he knew, and every stone as 
well. They are all charmingly described by him in the History of 
Hingham, published in 1893, in the chapters entitled, “ The Geology, 
Mineralogy, Notes on Animal Life, and the Botany of Hingham.” 
In the Public Library building there he founded a Mineralogical 
Museum, and furnished it from his extensive private collections. 
There every inhabitant of the town may see its geology completely 
illustrated, as well as the materials which make up our earth. 
There, too, he labored alone and assiduously in the preparation and 
arrangement of specimens, even in his last years, when the time not 
given to the management of the extensive iron manufactories, with 
which he was officially connected, should have been passed in ease 
and recreation, for these days and nights were rarely free from 
severe bodily suffering. But he knew not how to rest, and his 
chief delight was labor amidst the works of nature. During- the 
latter summers of his life I resided near him, and know how con¬ 
stant he remained in his devotion to these life-long favorite pursuits, 
and how cheerfully and serenely he bore the heavy burdens of great 
age and the black cares of life. On the third day of June last there 
came the endless sleep, and he was laid at rest in the beautiful old 
graveyard overlooking the sea and land he loved so Avell, where lie 
the remains of revolutionary heroes, illustrious patriots of later 
times, and his life-long friends. 
And so we say, if not the last word, a farewell to the man of 
large heart, constant in friendship, charitable and generous, frank 
and fearless, but a severe mentor and trenchant in reproof when 
duty pointed that way. In this Society an indefatigable worker, a 
vigilant and stern guardian of the treasury, the perfect administra¬ 
tor of every office, the enthusiastic advocate of every plan of im¬ 
provement, its praiseworthy historian, the eloquent and truthful 
eulogist of many associates, an illustrious example, its great bene¬ 
factor. 
