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rare specimens of sponges collected by her at Guernsey 
and Sark, which I certainly should not have had to 
describe in my work on those subjects without her aid. 
During her residence at St. Leonards I spent many very 
pleasant hours in her society, and she was an earnest and 
acute observer to the last. On November 29th, 1857, 
the day preceding her decease, I spent the morning with 
her in microscopical investigations, and when I took leave 
of her at two o’clock she made me promise to come on 
the Monday following to renew our observations ; but on 
the evening of the day following our meeting she was no 
more, to the deep regret of all who knew and appreciated 
her talents and her amiability.” 
Mrs. Buckland is buried in the same grave with her 
husband ; and their son Frank, in his fourth edition of 
the Bridgewater Treatise, published in 1869, writes:— 
“A simple but lasting monument of polished Aberdeen 
granite records the last resting-place of as good a man 
and wife as ever did their duty towards God and towards 
their fellow-creatures.” 
THE END. 
