Although so largely occupied in the study of mammals and other creatures from distant parts of the world, Sir William never travelled much, and never visited little-known regions or did any important collecting abroad. In addition to his Crimean experiences, and the journeys in Holland, France, and the Rhine country, to which allusion has been already made, his foreign tours appear to have been but few. In the winter of 1873-74 he was, however, enabled to enjoy a trip up the Nile in company with Mrs. Flower, and he visited Biarritz in 1892. During the former excursion he made a number of sketches which bear ample testimony to his powers as an artist. With his great knowledge of anatomy, it may be here mentioned, coupled with his skill with the pencil, he enjoyed a great advantage over many contemporary zoologists in being able to draw accurate and life-like portraits of the animals he loved so well. Nevertheless, if only from lack of time, he never attempted to illustrate with his own hand any of his numerous scientific contributions—at all events in later years. Owing to need for complete rest, after a short sojourn in the early part of 1897 at Marazion, on the south coast of Cornwall, he spent much of the following winter abroad; and after his resignation of the Directorship of the Museum in 1898, he spent the following winter at San Remo, from which he returned less than two months before his death. As regards the closing scenes of his life, a very few words must suffice. For the last two years of his existence he had evidently been in failing health, largely due to his incessant exertions and from his refusal to spare himself, even when warned of the absolute necessity of so doing by his medical adviser. In August 1898, after a long period during which he had been compelled to devote little or no attention to his official duties, he placed his resignation of the Directorship of the Museum in the hands of the Trustees. The aforesaid sojourn at San Remo during the following winter effected some slight temporary improvement in his health, but on his return to London, in May 1899, it was painfully apparent that his constitution—never too robust—was shattered beyond hope of permanent recovery. And, after a slight temporary rally, from his malady of heart-failure, a sharp relapse occurred on Thursday, 29th June, followed by pneumonia, and on Saturday, 1st July, Sir William Flower passed peacefully away, at the age of sixty-seven years, at his residence, 26 Stanhope Gardens, London. A memorial service was held on the following Wednesday at St. Luke’s Church, Sidney Street, Chelsea, which was attended by a large and sympathetic congregation of friends and scientific men, including Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, the Chief Librarian and Director of the British Museum, and Professor E. Ray Lankester, Sir William’s successor in the Directorship of the Natural History Branch of the same.