Ill 
HIS SONS JOHN AND PAUL 
in infancy or childhood. His two sons, John and 
Paul, became eminent in natural science. John 
was naturalist on three scientific exploring expedi¬ 
tions sent out by the Government, viz., (1) that of 
the Fly, commanded by Captain Blackwood, to 
Torres Straits and the Eastern Archipelago, to 
which expedition he was appointed in 1842, when 
only eighteen years of age, and from which he 
returned in 1846; (2) in the end of the same year 
the Rattlesnake expedition, under Captain Owen 
Stanley (Professor Huxley, then an assistant 
surgeon in the Royal Navy, being also of the staff); 
and on his return from that expedition in 1850 he 
wrote an account of it, which was published in 
1852; and (3) later in that year he was appointed 
to the Herald expedition to the coasts of South 
America and the South Pacific, under Captain 
Denholm. He, however, left the Herald on its 
arrival at Sydney in 1855, and thereafter devoted 
his life to scientific explorations in Australia and 
the Pacific Islands. His constitution ultimately 
giving way from exposure and the fatiguing nature 
of his work, he died at Sydney in 1867. It is said 
that he left journals of his expeditions and work of 
exploration, including amongst much else the 
results of special observation and study of the 
habits of the aborigines. These journals are said 
to be still in existence in Sydney, and there can be 
no doubt that there must be much in them that 
would be of extreme interest to scientists as well 
as to many others. It is therefore hoped that if 
