In 1866 and the following year he lived at Newcastle upon Tyne as editor of the Northern Daily Express, but, finding the climate too trying, rejoined the staff of the Western Morning News in 1867.
In 1877 he became associated with Messrs. Brendon & Son, printers and publishers, of Plymouth, receiving a testimonial of plate by public subscription in Devon and Cornwall for his services as a journalist.
In this business he remained till his death, though he continued to contribute occasionally, not only to the local press but also to Nature, the Academy, and other periodicals.
Patient and exact, dreading hasty theorising, he did much for the history, archaeology, and geology of Devon and Cornwall.
He married, 22 March 1860, at Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, Lydia Amelia, daughter of Richard Davies of the Dockyard, Devonport.