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are scattered through the local papers, in addition to four others in
the "Annals of Natural History," and elsewhere.
John Brown was a good-sized man, and when I knew him in his
later years he wore a brown curly wig. The portrait from which the
"Meisenbach" engraving is taken was a good likeness, and is con-
sidered to be a good specimen of a photograph on paper for the time
it was taken, more than thirty years ago. It is 6 in. X 8 in., and
was taken, I believe, in London about 1856. Mr. George Day has
made an enlarged copy of it in chalk.
At his death John Brown's estate was valued at £7,000, a por-
tion of which probably came to him by marriage. The greater part
The Grave in Stanway Churchyard.
Drawn by H. A. Cole, from a Photograph by A. P. Wire,
of his property was bequeathed by him to relatives. Four hundred
pounds were left for scientific purposes, £300 of which went to the
Geological Society of London, and £100 to the Geologists' Associa-
tion. He made Professor (now Sir Richard) Owen and the Rev. J.
S. Henslow, of Hitcham, Suffolk, his executors. To Professor Owen
he left £50 and all his books, collections and cabinets, on the
understanding that the specimens were to be deposited in museums
at the discretion of the Professor. Upon enquiry at Kensington, I
find that the British Natural History Museum has the bulk of the
collections (except the Recent Shells), and that the curators are now
arranging for public display the unique collection of Pleistocene
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