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Eoyal Society. In 1825 he was appointed to the colonelcy of the
34th Eegiment. For his services in founding an observatory in
jS^ew South Wales he was, in 1828, awarded a Gold Medal by the
Astronomical Society. In 1832 he was elected President of the
Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, and in 1833 he became President of
the British Association. In 1836 he was created a baronet. He
erected an observatory at Makerstoun in 1841 ; the observations
which he made there have been published in three large volumes.
He founded two gold medals for scientific merit, one to be awarded
by the Eoyal Society, and the other by the Society of Arts. He
died on the 27th January, 1860, at the advanced age of eighty-
seven.
These lines are from the tombstone of John Paton, who died in
1802, aged eighty-eight, and of his son, who died in 1795, aged
eighteen years : —
" Eeader, I do it of thee crave
When thou does me go by ;
All you, my scholars that were,
Eemember you must die.
And in the days of youth prepare
For long eternity."
Archibald Hendry, who died in 1801, is commemorated thus : —
" How loved or valued once avails not me,
For now I lodge in this dark destiny ;
Eemember, man in youthful prime.
That thou must lie and lodge with me.
Tune was like thee, I life possest.
And time shall be when thou must rest."
By these quaint lines is celebrated John Ewing, merchant, who
died in 1763 :—
passenger, as thou goest by.
Upon this stone think, listen, aye,
And think on death while life is lent thee,
For God himself commands it so to be.''