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express his contempt. An agnostic whose 
irreverence was no secret to clerics and laymen, and 
whom MacGillivray knew well, died, and the last 
offices were performed by a clergyman. Mac¬ 
Gillivray happened to look in on us after the 
ceremony, and said with indignation: ‘Would you 
believe it, this pompous body of a minister prayed 
as if the dead man had been a saint/ 
“ As the years went on, we saw that his many 
cares and the stress of work were leaving their sad 
traces on a frame not naturally robust, so that he 
rather stood aloof from general society, but when 
he chose to be with friends, they welcomed his 
presence, so full of quiet charm. I sometimes 
thought that the very birds and creatures, whose 
life and ways he studied, lost their fear of man, and 
allowed him to get nearer them, for we know the 
strange perception animals seem to have of those 
who love them. 
44 Too soon MacGillivray was called away from 
those he loved and had to leave behind, and too 
soon for the studies he did so much to advance. 
It is a pleasure to those who knew him that a life 
so strenuous and useful should be placed beyond 
the reach of forgetfulness. 
“ If the few memories I recall help to bring his 
interesting personality more clearly before those to 
whom his reputation is dear, it will be pleasing to 
one who still cherishes the memory and friendship 
of a great and good man/’ 
There appears to have been much in Mac¬ 
Gillivray s considerate and kindly manner towards 
his students, which strikingly accords with Dr 
Barclay’s treatment of him as his pupil. The two 
men were evidently much alike in the essential 
features of their character, and in all probability 
