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OBITUARY NOTIOE
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fir mimm MmwA f ogaw, if-i- i-^-^-
BY
B. T. HARRINGTON, B.A., Ph. D.
( Rxtnutcd from the Canadian Nafuralist, Vol. VIII, yo- '■)
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No. 1.]
SIR WILLIAM EDMOND LOGAN.
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SIR WILLIAM EDMOND LOCxAN.*
On the 22nd of June, at Ca.tlc Mal-wyn, Lloclirycl, South
Wales, (.'auala's veteran j-oolo-i^t passed iVuui his labours. I or
several years l.is health had been lUiru-LS and he Iclt n.oro and
n,oro the need of rest and change of clunato. Acc<.rdingiy, in
Au-u^t 1S74, he crossed to the mother country, intending to
pass the ^vinter there, and .In., to return to hi. Nvo.k m the
sprir- liuL iTst and a more genial cli.ue were unavailing, I'ud
,n)W-kindest of IViends, nH.t indeiatigable of workers Ibr seienoo
and ibr his eountry-he is no more ! Wo shall never again hear
the rin..- of his hammer; but time cam.ot ell ,ee its mai.s and
deep-chiselled in the face of Cape Etc.nity. theg. nerations ot the
future ^h:lll read the nanes-LouAN and L u:i!KNTlAN
Willi :n, Kdn.ond Lo.an was b..rn at Montreal, ... 1 <,)S. lie
was .d' ScoM.>l. parctage, and his iU.l.er, alter a residence ol
inany years i,. Canada, n tur..ed to Scotland, and purchased an
csta;e"ne:,r Stirling, known as Clarkstone. His edueatun. was
hv'S^m at Mr. Skakel's school, in this city, and M..npleted at the
Ilioh School and l^dveisity of Kdingburgh.
On h.vin.^ college he b-ook himself to mc'cantilo pursuits,
and .e lind^'.at in ISIS he entered the countb.g-house ol h.s
,,„,,,, Mr. Hart Lo.au, of London. He.-e he remained lor
about ten yea... and here, it is said, he Urst bee .me o,.d <.f
geology, makb.g geological excursions into the counfy whcever
oniiortunily aiforded. . .i „
T„ 182:." he paid a visit to Canada ; but. returnn.g the same
year, took up his residence at Swa.isea, in South W ales uhere
be was appointed manager of a eoppor-smelt.ng establ.shn.en ,
,„a of coal mines, in which an uncle of his was u.tercsted.
In 1B:U, he n.ade a tour through Fra,.ce and Spam, v.sitn.g
„.any of the mines h. the latter cou..t.-y, and mak...g many ob-
servations on the geology of the regions through w ..eh he passe ^
In 183S, his uncle dy.ng, Mr. Logan resigned bis posi on a
Swansea.' But the nine years he spent b.ere were well-spent
years; for not only had he gai.unljtjuvunu^^
~~ ^ 11 <■ .- . t.,.. Viiinal llisloi'V Society, Oetuber
• Obituary notice read belorc tlie >.uu.ai
25tli, 1875.
.»•>
Vol. VIII
No. 1.
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l,iit ])iililiMi(4 ••witliout
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11. T. I)f la iJcclic arinwaiil- ^^''
II lii:it ir-loll.
U; as
I'liraiicc <
r the (icolouir
,1 SurvfV 111
t!;at
ii-t ol' till' couiitrv
Mr. \V. Iv Lo..;;iii li.il can 111
Iv iiivc-ii-i !'■
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jt. .iiol a
I tin' III' ' t'li,-
tlic l>riii-li A>-oi-i .lion
tlir Ail-
YaiR'i'iin
lit ol' .'"-(•ifiK; '. h>'H
1 ,-,t Li\i;;'poul in ISiiT, lie txlublleil a
bcaiitirall.V ixecutril in qi ol it.
lie will K on
tliis Di.-tiic'l Ijriim' ol an
mdiT so
;r.a!iv Mii'i'-
rior
t,, th.it u-iial \Mtli
iirniutoiii:-s ami acciirarv o
-('(.joLii-ls, ami conr-iionili
r it- il'iail. wit'i tlu! in ips .ui
n^' 111 1 1 10
ml M cWiiii.s
,,,.u,.il liV .Im (•nl.MiK'o (iooio,i.-:il Surv, y. w. Ul. .iMMiu^ oi
,;..,iiiii, oni-c'lvcs of it, .■Imn Mr. ho..n nm.t lum .am .y
,„li, :,tour.li.-l.os;,l. llivin^U'iiliol tin. wo,- u iili v iv.it
})1 H'^'
carr, wo liml il ^" •■>^*" ''*'
lit that wo sli.ill .oloi.t it l'"i' llial I'^rt
,nin'co,n,.rv.owl,ml, .. iv.atos, coii-Lloiin. il hu, lair ami
J,,,,,,,,, tint Mr. Lo.aii .i..miil obtain that en .lit to m Imli Lis
l.,l,„nr- Ml juMly oimtlo liiiu.
..Hi. .....,,on.~' an' all lovollo.l ami .ma.-un.il cafolmly wi.li
,,,,,,„, iiistfutmiits. and l,.,mi,.aro.xo.u.c.lwi,l,apn.,.ioi.
onl asvto.niiloy.al. ox-o,tm his ca.., on U.o Onluaiaa' (.oo-
,„i,,iSii,-v,.v; i, hill. .onM.lon.lo.s..„tial on that snrv.y.oi
t!,; n.ht pio^t'oss of K-ao,y, anil tlm a,i,ai.ations to . m iisolul
,,.,,,o^.s of liib, that thi. aecnracy ami I.recisiou ^huulel bo
"''^^1840 Lot^an na.l a painT b.ibre the Geoloj;ical Society of
Lonilo.,, in which iieexpiaine.l.lortlieiu.t,i.m,tlietn.etela-
tiuu Of the Snj>nuriu unde.el.iy.s to the ^ ve.lying bed. ol coal,
K
sill WII.I.IAM rUMoM) I,n(JAN.
33
No. 1 .]
slirwi.i- tliat tin- uu.l.icl:.y WIS th.- soil iM wliidi tlio plants
-nw wfiirh woiv .-ilioiuMnls cniiv.itr.l in:., i-al. OT tl.>' l<l()
Uiick an.l ll.li. coal-scu.u. in tlu) .-nuih WaKs c.MiM, liO
lounl tlat nnt a >"m'.lo ui.r wss witlmiit :.u lunliThy, ;.ii'l iIk!
ii.r.ivnc. api.raml to lu' that llu rMvas m-iil' .s.ri.tial cmi.h o-
ti ... hclw.TU th.,' ppuludion nf Ui.^ Mi,,' ami th- .xi-t.airo „r the
oliur. " T.. ar<-.uiit;' .-ai.l h>-. - l-r tho nnla:rni ■ vovJnnM'wn
l,y .liift, ^r.'uis au uu-ati-fartory hy ] nii...>i.>; hiu wliatrv.r may
be th.! ui.Kuil .hiKMMl.iu-' Ml' tlu- |.h. n..iiK';,a, ihry ,^ivo us iv;i.
HM.:il)lc ;:.•.. ui.as t.. M.pi-S.' that i„ th- Si;,,m.n-;> f!''ni<h, wo
havo thu plant t(. whi.'h th-citl. i^ nninly iinh hi> .1 l-r thoso
Vii^t stor.'s ,.rio-^il lu. I whi-h .-.i.' nuu-o ii..ii>i,ri,>il,L to tho
ca.ininrt an.l pm-p.'riiy <'\' it> inh .hit aits."
S.. i.iin^h di.l hr l.-cni- int iv.-t-.l in thi-^ suhj.c-t that in tho
followin- y-ar O'-^H' '■"■ '•'"-'''•' '" •\"'"''^-'' '^'"' ''■^'""' ^'.'*^
C(.ivl-ti-l<ls "nC lVnn>Ylv.-inii itmi Nov •^-'"i^'- '" ""''■'■ '" ■''-• '•• t'"'
\shcthor th- saiu- Jonditions ..xi.M. '1 ih. iv. S.:-h h- i'nvM t.. be
th-caso; ami in th- i;.ll..wiiu Sprin- h- r a.l an i.anv.-.in-
p porb-hnv th.' (:>..loJc.l S..-hiy. tl,-..l.j..t ..luhi-h. t,. uso
bis own vv..!.ls. -Nva- t.. stat. th-' .■.•-urn •...>■ in.ui-.li .t.!y l.-h-w
(bo eo.il-s.'.inis ..rAnunici ..ftlu- ^anu' Slnjum-lo b .U as bad
b-cn ..bs.n'v.Ml l».'l..\v Ih.w. ofS.unb W.l <. ami to sh. w th- iui-
pnrtanoo ..f this pr-v.ilin:: r..-t." Sm.itly alt-r hi> r lurarmm
Ain.-rica. h- also vi.il-.l -o 1— "n- in th • u.a-hb..unH...>l . 1 I'al-
kirk S-..tlan.l, th-r- t-o limlin- th- S'i'Ji»n-in ,;lays b-n- .th thO
CO .
It was .lurin- his visit to N.'va Sr,.tia. in l^ll. that h- .!is-
cov-rcd in th- la,v,.r Vn .\ n..v mimuvs ..f ll..r;..n IJluirthc Ibot-
prbitsofaivptilian anin,al-a ,ii.e-..v. ly vv hi-h p-ihais bukal
to attract as u..n-h atLaiti.... ■■;> it .hMiA..!. abb. ...J. it was tho
ib.t iu-t;.n- in NNbi-h ;.nv ir:.'.' ..! nitih^ b;,.l bo u .ht.-t..l as
low down in ill- u.ob.pu-al >vAc ^s th- C'Mb.niUnm^. The
^vint-l•o^lSll-.12 was ah., ^p.a.t in Canad,,, :.n.l th- ia.l^ ..l>
tainM lor a p:M-.- <"' 'I-' poking ..li- in th- St. l.awnneo,
which was subs.(imhtly na.l Inb..- the (J-.-I.'l:;-.:! >-.eutyut
London.
8ucb, bii.'llv, was tJH' -:ina.i- .d' L.-an j.n vh-us t.. bis ap-
p,dntm-nt as^.ir-t.u' .d' the (;..d...ic.l Hurv.y .d' Can.da.
Already b- bad aciuir-al a r-put.lion in Britain as a --.. o^ist,
and bad -iven bim^tdf th- b. >t .d' trainin,-s lor tbc work upoii
wbicb be\vas about to ent-r .u. tliis si.l- of the Atlantic. But
what was uioautimo passing in Caua la ?
34
THE CANADIAN NATT!UAMST. [Vol. viii.
'<In Janunry, 1832, n petition from Dr. Kno, iir.ijjiif; Tor
pccuiiinry iiHsii^tancc in prosecution of u ^'colo^icnl mid st.itii-tifal
survey of tlie piovinee, \v;is Miit down liy inc>si,-:o to the Jii'i^isia-
tivc Assembly, with a f;ivoiirahlc rec imendation I'roin hi.s
Exeellcney Sir .Joliii Colborne, Jit. (Jov. of Vi]H'r Cannda. It
was read and rderred to tlie committee ol" supiily, but not coii-
eidcred.
"Ill February. 1S3(>, on the motion of Mr. W. L. Mnekenzifi,
Becoiiilcd by Mr. Durand, Messrs. U. (i. Dunlop, (iibson and C.
Duiieoiiibo were named a silcet committvi' to con.-ith'r and report
on a jilan for a -ieolouieal survey (d the I'ldvinci'. 'fhnc iiun-
dred fopivs ol'this ripoit wi'ie ordcreij to be piiiitrd. iiiid it was
rel'i rrt'd to tlie committee <il' supply, but wa- nnt ciin-idenMl.
In November, IS.'ilJ, on tiie motinn of Mr. 1!. (1. J)uiilop. se-
conded liy Col. Prince, the iiouse went into ii eommitti c of tlic
whole to consider the expediency of a ueolo-icat siiiv.y, ;iiid. on
their report bcin^' receivid, it w.-is resolvid that an :.ddre>s shduld
be presented to lli> Kxeelieiiey the lilt lit. (Iiiveiiior (Sir l'\ IJ.
Head), to ascertain wlielher tiieie well' ;inyniean-at \;\- di>pos:il
to eflect a <ieologic.il survey <d' the J'ldviiiee. The address was
ordi'red to be drafted, but w.is not nportetl.
•' Jn December, iS.'Jlt, 3Ir. 11. (i. Diinlop iiave notice that he
would move an addivss to His Majesty foi' a uraiit of wild l.nids
to defray the expense of a ueoloi;ieal survty of the Province, but
no address was presented.
" To Lord Sydenham, who well appreciated the inijiortance of
an examination into the mineral resources of Canada. liie co\intry
is indebted for the commeneinient of the geological survey which
has been instituted.
" In July, 1841, in the first United Parliament, a jietitiou fi(nn
the Natural llistery Society of 31nntreal. praying for ai 1 to c:irry
out a systematic geologic. d survi'y of the Province, was preseiiti'd
by Mr. 1>. Iluhnes. It was referred to a select committee con-
sisting of xMessrs. Holmes, Neilson, Quesnel, Mi'irit. and the
Hon. Mr. Killaly,but it was not reported on. A similar petition
was presented by >Mr. Black, i'rom the Liter.iry and Historical
Society of Quebec, which w.as read. The government took up
the matter, and on the motion of the Hon. IJ. Harrison, the sum
of £1500 sterling for the purposes of a survey was introduced
into the cstiiuates."*
•From Seobie's Canadian Almanac for 1851.
No. 1.]
SIR WILLIAM KDMONI) LOOAN.
Lord Sydonliaiu (lyinj^ in 1841, it foil to his successor, Sir
Cii.irkis IJ.ij^ut, to appoint a I'loviiicial (Icoloni.'-t. Hir Cliarlcs
rol'i'iTcd tlio iiriMtT to Lord Slanli-y, Secretary of State for tlie
Coioiiiis, and His Ijordslilp, on rceoninioiidation of Miiroliisoii,
Do la Hocho, ^'odiiwioji, and Huokland, olfsrod the po.-ition to
31 r. liOLTin in tlio >\,v\u-j: of 1842.
-Ii<ij;in was now thomuLihly in love with trooloLry, and seeing
in C,iii;idii tho fiiaiidt^t ot lirlds for ori_uin:d rosearcli, at oiico
ficooptiMJ. Still ho woU utukM^tddd tho dilhcultios which lay
bolui'o iiini. an<l shnrtly aftorw.irds addroM.-^od tho followinuj words
to l)c hi Be cho : '• Vdu ;iro awaro tiat 1 havo hoon appointed
by tho I'rov inoi.il (Jdvornincnt of Canada to luako a Geological
8urvoy of that Cohmy. Tho oxtont and nature of the torritory
will rondor tho tas^k a most l.djoiidus oiio ; hut I am I'ully pro-
p.ircd to spare no oxcrtion ol' which I am capable to render the
Wdik, wlun it is cdmplotod, s.itisfaetdry to tlioitc who have insti-
tuted tho cxiniinatidn and (Toditahlo to myself
No ono knows bettor th:in yourself how ditlicult it would bo for
ono person to work with olfeot in all tho branches of so extonsivo
u subjeot. To carry out tho field-work with vitrour, to reduce
all tho sections with tho re(> -sito dej:roo of acc.uacy, and map
till! eodnraphical distribution ./f the rocks, to ctollcct miuorals
and Idssils, and to an.ilyzo tho one, aiul by laborious and oxten-
sivo coiiip irisons, to deterniino tlu; i:i'oloL:ic;d auo ol' tho other, is
quite impossible without a proper division of labour
In Canada, all tho oxpciuaivc moans of pal;oontolo<:ical compari-
son havo yet to bo brmi^ht touother. There is no arrantred col-
lection of fossils, and no such thing as a geological library to
refer to."
Arriving in Canada late in August, 1842, Logan devoted
several months to making a preliminary examination of tho
country, and to collecting information w'tli regard to the topo-
graphic d work which hud been accom])lishod. This was done
entirely at his own expense. In December, he returned to
England to fuliil ongagoments there, but came out again in the
following spring. During his visit to tho old country, he was so
fortunate as to secure tho services of Mr. Alexander Murray, a
gentleman who afterwards proved himself an invaluable assistant
and friend, and who lias contributed largely to our knowledge of
the geology of Canada, and, more recently, to that of Newfouud-
laud.
36
THE CANADfAN NATURALIST. [^'ol viii.
lioacliiii^- Halifax on (lie 20tli ol' M.-iy. hr.jj.m sj.cnt scvi val
WiY'ks in t'xaiiiiiijii^- iioiiimis ol' the coal liilds of Nova J-^coti:i
and New l!niii>\virk, ami ii was at tliis linir that l;i' nia'li- liis
section oi" thr. i\,-\\ .McasuiTs at the South ,Jo--in-. wliicli.
as li-Ks been truly said, is " a loinaikahle luonuniint of liis jniiu?;-
try and iiowcr.s of ol)S(ir\ at ion." It. uivfs d.tiils of nearly t!i«
whole thickness of the Co d loi'ni itio;! nf S >\a Se iii i. nv 14.r)7()
feet, ineludiiiu' Ttl \>''d> of cod and 1)(J di-tii;et St l.ium ri'i und'T-
cl.iys. Shoi-lly al'iei- jiis vi-it to the Jo^-ins. lie wrote to a
friend as iolh.ws : ■• I never h d'ore s iw sueli a nnunili.vnt s c-
tioM as is there dis|iayed. Th(> rocks al..n- the coist are 1 id
bare for thirty miles, and eveiy stratum cm be touch, d and - x-
ainined in nearly tlu; wiiojo distance. A consideralde j.orlion
lias a hiuh nniile of inclination, and the ^coloiric d thicktr ss thus
brouuht to view is very ureat. I measured and ri'-:istercd evtiy
bod occurrin-- in a horizi.nt d distance tpf ten mile-, t ikiiii: the
anjilc ol'dij) a.ll the way alon-." Am! a--iin. in a kit r to De li
Bcchc v.-rilteii in tin' sprin-- (d' Is-I I. relerri.iL: to the .Jot:L:in.i
BCction, lie s;iys : '• Since my nturn from li id-work. 1 have re-
duced all the measurements and m adi' out a vertical culumn. It
occupies iiity-iour [la-cs of Inolsc i]', closely writuii. and Vou will
be astonislied at the (betaiis in it."
lleacliinjz- (jasjie early in duly, the s\unmer and autumn were
Bpotit in makitiu: an cxaminatinn of t'.ie coast, while Mr. Murray-
was at woik in the rpner i'lovince, cximininu' the countrv bo-
twoen J. ikes IJuidu and iliie, 'J'lie (la-pe iMiiiiiMil i ii m1 Ih en
selected by Mr. I>nn;in as the flM iiir his (ir>t oi-.^raiions. a- it
was tliou-lit th It outlyin-- patclns ol the ('ai b,,nilerous miui.t
be found to (xi>t there, asul the Loveniment was csj eciallv anx-
ious to ascertain whether there was any truth in tiie reiiortcd
occurrenc of coal.
i he follow in^ season, tlie work in (iaspe was continued, the
Director bein^- this tini'" accomji.aided by .'Nir. Mnrrav. who. in
18-15, a-ain carried on the woik, whilj Mr. J.o-in w.^s cn^ -ed
in exploiationsou the Upper Uitiwa and iMatt.wan. Aito<.'./tii(r,
during,' the three seasons. 801) miles of the (I i-pe o-a-t were ex-
amined, and i^eveial sections made across the jieiiiiL-tila. Inun
the St. l.awreiice to IJ ly Chaleiir. .\o cod wa< found, but
many geological facts of importance were accumuiated, and a
lar-e amount of topogra]ihic;d wmk accompli-hed in what was
previously almost a terra incmjiiita.
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No. 1.]
SIR WILLIAM EDMONI) LOG.V>f.
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V-
" Li\ iriu; the lid' of a s iv:igt\ slocpini;' on th;' Ix'acli in a blanket
B;ck with my feet to the liro, M'kloiii t.ikiii.:' my clothes dll. cat-
iiiii' salt |)'ik ;^ii'i >liiii\s hiscuit, occ; isioMall y tonuciitt'd by iiios--
C|uitiii >."— >iK-li is tiu' ncuiij wliirh .Li)'_:':iii h.is Ici't us df his
(ias]'L- iilc. tiio tniitu-to ol' what was to be 'iiilurecl \\>v many
yens. Fidiu tailv daun till (iu.-k he jineeil or paildhnl. and yet
hi- \\o;k was iKt ti'ii.-hid. l'.>!' while bis linliaiis — often his sulo
Ciimjaiiinii.-— -lui'k. d their pip" s ronnd the eviaiii..;,' lire, he
vrote bis luites ;:i d I'loticd the days me.isureim'iits.
'J'n uive details id' bi> Work during the m:iny rem;!iniiif:c years
ol' his lilr wnidd be to write a boi.k ; and all that We (;aii do here
is to ir.tce biiilly \vh;.t liis movements wire, at tlu> same time
cdliiii;- sjieei d aitaiiieii to tluiso ul' his labours wdnch have j;ivou
lum a Wiu'id-wid • ianie.
The siiinmer of l^AG i'eund hliii stiidyini.'' the cupper beiirin;^
ro(k> til' liike Supeiiur. The.-e he .shewed to consi.-t of two
prouj'S ot' strata, tlie •• uiper "' and the '-lower," the latter of
whieli was seen at Tluiialer 15 iv to ri'st iinconl'ormably upon
chli'iitic si .tes b^loniiinir to an older .series, to whicii the u^mie
ol lluroniiii was subse([ueiitl'' uiwn. This older stl oi' rticks,
which he' iiad ali\ady observed, in l^^l;"), on Lake Temiseaiuiiiiir,
he h:;d :;mplo ojportuniiy of slmiyiiii; in 18-bS, wher. he devoted
Beveial uioiilhs to an examination (d' the Canadian coast and
islands of Lake Huron, where the formatimi attains — as shewn
by .^Iurray— a tiiiekm-s of 18.000 leet.
The see-oiis of l^t7 and l^d',l, aiul a portion of that of 18-18,
Were empii'vod in siiidyhi- liie fecks of the V] isterti Townships.
]'ari of ihe.-e w.ro shown to be a prolonjLiiition of the (ircen
Moiintaiii.s of \'erinont, and to consi.-t (d' altered Silurian .strata
instead of '•I'ritnary strata," as was jireviously supposed by
Aincriean ;.;■' olo;^i.-t.s. In 18-10 rdso, a shoit time was .spent in
aneximiuaii'ii ot tiie rocks about B.iy 8t. Paul ami ^Murray
1> .y, where c al had been rejiorted to exist. The nu'udjer i'or
S.iLiUCMay county h ^d previously made application to the ]je;_;isla-
ture I'lr me;ins t" carry on bo^in^■ operations in the vicinity of
1) !y St. I'.iui, but bel'tire his retjiiest was granted it was deemed
advi,-:ibie to obtdn the opinion of the J^rovincial (Jeoloiiist. l>y
tliis nn ans the (iovernuicnL wass.ivcd a iarye and useless expen-
diture of niiiney.
In 18."tO ;in ex imin.ition was made of the gold-bearing drift of
the Cnaudiere, and the auriferous district found to extend over
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THE CANADIAN NATUUALIST. fVol. vui.
an area of between 3,000 aud 4,000 square miles. Most of the
year, however, was devoted to the collection of spLciuieus lor the
London Exhibition of 1851, at whicli Mi. Logan acted as Juror.
His visit to England at this time must have been lor him an
agreeable change. After a lapse of eis^ht years to meet agaiu
with men like l)e la lieche, Murehiscn, and Lyell, to hear liuni
their own lips of the strides which science had been making, and
in turn to tell of all that he had himsilf seiu and done; >uri'ly
this was a treat that none but the scicntilic man can understand
who has long been well-nigh deprived of the society of brother
scientists. Fur him, Imwever, there was little relaxation iroui
labour, for he toiled early and late in order that the Caniidian
minerals might be disjilayed to the best advantnge. Aud every
one knows the result — the collecti'in elieited uiiiveral admiratinn,
and Mr. Log.-m received a highly coinpliinentarv lett<r ol lliaiiks
from the ]-*rii)ce Consort, and was elected a Fellow ■ I' the Knyal
Society, his name having been proposed by Sir lioderiek 31 ur-
chisoii.
lleturning to Canada in August, belbre the close of the Ex-
hibition, his explorations were reiiewrd with uudiiniiiislieu \igiiur,
and the remainder of the season devoted to an ex aniinition of
the rocks in the county of Beauha'-nois, wlx're the I'nlsd mi sand-
stones had afforded those curious tracks of crustaceans to which
Owen gave the name of Protiehiuies, and to a I'uitlier study of
the Chaudiere gold region. During the winter he again vi.-ited
England to attend to the distribution of a ]))rtion ol'the Exhi-
bition collection which was to be left there, and see to the return
of the remainder.
In 1852 an examination was made of a strip of country on
the north side of the St. Jiawrence. extending from Montreal to
Cape Touruiente below Quebec. The distribution of the fo.s.vil.
iferous rocks was accurately determined, aii<l several excursions
made into the hilly '• met:im()rj)liic country " to the north. In
his report on this season's operations, published in l!:'54. Logan
for the lirst time designated the rocks comprising these hills as the
" Laurentian series," substituting this for " meiamoiphic series,"
the name which he had previously emjiloyed, but which, as he
Bays, is applicable to any series of rocks in an altered condition.
The following season was spent among the Jiaurentian hills of
Grenville and the adjoining townships, a field which proved so
attractive that he afterwards returned to it in 185G and 1858.
np
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No. 1.]
SIR WILLIAM EDMOND LOGAN.
39
Nearly the whole of 1854 was occupied in making preperations
for the Exliibitioii which was to take place iit Paris iu the follow-
ing year, and to which Mr. Logan was to go as one of the Cana-
dian Coiunii.s*<ioners. It was iu the autumn of 185-i also, that a
select cmiimittee was appointed by the Canadian Government to
inquire into the best method of making tlie inlormatiuu acquired
by the (.Jeologic:il Survey more readily accessible to the public.
A lengthy report on the subject— indeed on the entire working
of the Survey— wa> published, and the evi<h-.ee which it con-
tains is of a most tlittering character, both as regards the Direc-
tor and those associated with him.
Then eame the Taris Exhibition of 1855. at which the repre-
sentation of the economic minerals of Canada was so comi'lete
and tlie arraiig.'meut so admirable that the collection attracted
uiiivi'rsiil attention. Tin-* in itsilf Loi;au would have regarded
as amply repaying him lor his tnmble. but greater honour was
iu store lor him. The Imjierial Commission presented him with
the grand ;^old med:il of honour, and the Kmperorot the French
made him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Early in the
following year (1S")()) he was knighted by Queen A'ictoiia, and
received from the tJeol(\Liie.il Society of London the Wollastoa
P.illudium Medal in recognition of his distinguished labours in
sxeolotrv. LouiT Tirevious he had won the coulidence and esteem
of his fiUow-eountrymen in Canada, but this ,«eemed to be a
titting tinu* to testily to liim their appreciation of his worth.
Aeeonlingly, on bis return to Montreal, the citizens presented
liim with a testimonial on which were engraved the words:
'* In comnitinoratioti of his long and useful services as Pro-
vincial Cu'ologist in Canada, and especially liis valuable services
in connection with the Exliibition of all Nations in London in
1S.')1. and in I'aris in 1855, by which he not only obtained for
himself higher honor and more extended reputation, but largely
contributed in making known the natural resources of his native
country."
Tiie Natural History Society of Montreal presented him with
an address, and made him an honorary member, while the mem-
bers of the Canadian Institute of Toronto, of which Sir William
was the first President, had his portrait painted and hung up
in their hall. They also presented him with an addre.ss expres-
sive of their aflectionate esteem and respect. Sir William's
reply to this was so full of feeling, and so highly characteristic,
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TIIK CANADIAN NATlItA LIST. [Voi. viii.
that we '/wo a portion of it : '• Wliatovcr distiiictions," said \u\
"may bo bistowud oti us at a tlistani-i', it is iijioii the r(siitct,
CPtiH'iii. and conlidcnce slicwn us at lionic. tli.it our hapjiiiifs.s
and satisfaction inu>t. cliii'llv drjund. I can assure von wiili
Binccrity tliat (lie lidiior coiiriind ujion me wlim vou chclcd nie
the first J^icsidcnt ot the L stilnic, was oih; highly )ii'ize(h al-
thoiiuli tlio circuiiist;inc'('s ol' a (ii>tinl dinnicili! iiud the inli lit
pur.iuit nl'tlio invostiuatioiKs with which I am chart!('d. rcndind
It extremely diflieult tor mi' to he ol' mueli u--e in \(ii;i' ]iroe. ed-
I'l.ii'-'^ It is a ioMunate eireumslaiiet' I'or me liiat
my name siiould W ennnected witli an act ol' iiraet; on llie pMrt
oi Her Majesty, wliicli serves to eonlirni your leeliii-- in rei:.ird
to the fact that as Canadians we enjoy a lull sliare in tlie honors
and privih'ges of British siihj.ets. And L am jiroiid to tliink
that it was perhaps more becnise I was a C.in.uli m. in whom
the itiliahilants ol' the I'l'ovince had rrpo.-ed some trust, that
tlie honor whicii lias bieii eonl'erred upon nie by ller Majrsty
was «) easily ublained. That I am proud of the Inniors whieli
have been bestowed upon me by the Kuijieror id' Fraiiee. in
respect to my <ieolouical labors, and also by my brothi'r Licoio-
fri>ts in KriLilaiid, thei'e can be no dmibt. Hut I liave striven for
these honors because 1 have eon>idei'i d they would tend to pro-
mote the eouiideiieo whieli the inhabitants ol' the I'ldvinee have
reposed in me. in my endeavors to develop the truth in nuard
to the mineral resouiees of the Provinee; anil in thi.-^ work noiio
could have been more interested in my success than the mem-
bers of this Institute." ■■'•
In August, IH,")?. the A'lieriean Assoeiatioii i'or tlie Adv.iiuic-
niont of Science lu Id its aiinuil meetiiiL', in Montreal, and for
ecveral months previous Sir William was hard at work uetiing
his museum in readimss to rcddve his l)i()ther ^coiojiists.
Owiii,<r largely to liis uutirinu exertions, the nieetiiiL; was a most
BUCCensl'ul inie, lie him.-elf lead t wo iiiten st iiiL; jiapers, one on
the " IIiii i>iii:in and Jiaureiitiaii Si'iies of Canada,'' and another
on the "Subdivision of the Laureiithm llneks (d' Canada.''
Alter the business of t!ie Association was concluded, accom-
panied by I'rofe.-sor Kamsay, who had come over to rejireseiit
the Geolo<rical Society of London, and I'rul. Hall, he made a
Geological tour throuLih New York Slate, lleturninji from this
•Can. Jouiiiul, New Scrii s, WA. 1, p. 4U-1.
No. 1.]
SIR MMI-LIAM KD.MON'I) LOGAN.
41
1
trip, lie s])riit tlie auiuiiiii iiidiiths iiinoim tlio Jiiuiviitiin rocks
of tiirtivilh'. IKro too, ii- .ilixMil) meiitidiK'd, he coiitiuuod to
\Vi';k tlmiiiL:' tlu' Ma-nii nf 1S5S.
¥>'V Mivoral yrais afur tliis Lis time wa>^ niucli takon up with
till-' inopriratitiii ;,ii(l pubiiLMtioii nl' tlie (uiiliujij of Canada and
it> acrniiij, living Athis. tlu' ionin i- ot -wliicli apinaml in 1&G3,
Jiini tln'i.tivi ill l^l;^). licibri' liiC'sc could l.e coiiiliiv tid. liuw-
CV.I-. iiKiiiv l;!ci> had K. W addid to tloj f-tt ck alrc^uiy outaiii'd,
and In.'^iuts a laiLic ainomit ol' udmuical woik ;iiiiong the l^au-
rciitiau nn-k- of (jri'ii\iilc and lli.' rock:? ol' the K:i.-tcni Towu-
ehij.-i, a jitT-oiid I'xaiiiinatinii of many parts of the country, as
Wrli a<» of portiuus ui' the New Eu-land fcjtates, was iv-udcrcJ
ncci'^-i.iry.
Ill l.MiJ. .Sir William \v;!>. a-aiii jmsL'tit, in the capacity of
Juror, at the London I iiUTiialioinil JCxhibitioii, and auuin dis-
pl.-ijv d ii l,ir_iie and inter* ^tin,:;- eo.j etion of d'onomie minerals.
Aiiothtr oppoi tiiiiiiy of ^eeiniz lii< scientific friuid- in Britain
was aj^o .allordi'd him in ISli-l, w'mii h' went tu London to
8iip rintind the (.nj^iavin- of the Atlas already meiitioiud. In
l^ot■). a ueoio-icd eod.clion wa?- a^aiii jirejared for the Paris
Kxhibiti.'n of Js'iiT. and 8ir William worked .'■o closely in
gettiru' tip a i:eolo-ioal map to aeeompany it th; t he i.-i said to
have initirly ruined h^s oyoi-lit. 1 biiS found hill once more on
this side of the Atlantic, hard at work in tlie I'ictou coal fnid,
and the results of tins season's \Noik e<Mistitule the la^t of his
reports. In l^G'.l, lie ri-i-n.d his appointment to Mr. .Selwyn,
the pr.-sent Director of the Survey.
The few remaiiiiiiu^ years (d' ids life were occupied chii-fly
with a study td' the rocks ol the JO usterii Town-hips and por-
tioux of New En.iiland; hut, unfortunately, the conclusions at
whii^h lie anived concernini: them were nut }(ubli.>hed.
No man lias done as much as Sir William j.o-an to bring
Canada b-fore the notice id' tiie out>ide world, and no man is
more doirvinu- of beinu held in nmenibrance by the j.ioplo.
Jii-t a3 statesmen or _t;i'ni rals have risin up at the moment of
grtMtf:'t Ui. d to frame laws or tii:ht battles ibr tiieir country,
so Sir William appeared to reveal to us the bidd. n tna^ures of
Nature, ju>t at a time win n Canada uei'ded to know her Wealth
in ordrr to appneiate lit r greatness. For rising- nations require
to know whit their resiuiiC'S are. He possessed r.nre (jUahties —
qualities, which, coinbined, eminently lilted him for his work.
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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST.
[Vol.
Till.
He was strong iu body, of .ictivc uiird, industrious »nd dog-
gedly perseveriiiir, paiii.stakiii;j;, u lover of truth, piiorou*,
po.ssessed of the keenest knowledge of human nature, M'Und iu
jud;,'ment, but always cautious in expresriing an opinion.
He belonired to that school of geologists — untiirtunatcly not
so numerously represented as it ought to be — \7'ni»e nioito i:«,
"Facts, then theories," and was wholly above ra-ping down
facts to make them fit theories. As a eonsequcnce, he rart-iy
Lad to un-say what was (mee said; and this h *hy he ^o tho-
roughly gamed the public confidence. So long as he telt tliat
lie was in the riglit, he held t ) his own views as t»nae:<>u-!y as
did ever any true S' 't ; hut if shewn to be in the wrong, he
knew how to surronch'r gracefully.
Those who have clamhered with liim over our lo--*trewn
Laurentian hills know well what were his powers of emiurancc.
He never seemed to tire, never I'onnd the days long «MH.ugh.
His field-books are models of carefulness, replete ^ith ;^?.ils,
and serve as an example of tlie painstaking way in rrl.icii he
did all his work. They were written in pencil, but re;;ul .riy
inked in at niuht, when the camji fire w; s often his onlj liirht.
In addition to his field-hoek pioper. he fmiueiitly kept n diary,
and delighted to jot down little every-ilay occurrences, or ^k• tch
objects of interest — for the hand that could so wc 11 ■wie.<l a
hammer, could also guide a pencil and produce dr;.iviii::s . f no
mean artistic skill. His descriptions of his b;.ckw(i<.ds txpe-
riences are often very amusint;'. and we cannot resist giving a
specimen. He had been travelling through the fore.«t for two
months and had suddt nly con.e upon the hou.«-c of ;: v-tiler
called B.arton. whose gtuul wife w;is justly alarmed wht-n 8ir
William and ]'arty entered her dwelling. 8ir William d.scribos
his appearance, on this occasion, as follows : — •' We are all pr« tsy-
lookinu: figures. I fancy I cut the nearest resemblance to a .<care-
crow. What with hair matted with s]»ruce gum. a beard tiiree
months old, red, with two patclies of white on one side, h pair of
cracked spectacles, a red flannel shirt, a waistcoat with j atehes
on the left p.ocket,— where some sulpliuric acid, which I curry in
a small vial to try for the presence of lime in the rocks, hud
leaked through, — a jacket of moleskin, shining with grease, and
trowsers patched on one knee in four places, and with a burnt
hole in the other; with beef boots — Canada boots, as they are
called — torn and roughened all over with scraping ou the slumps
SIR WILLIAM EDMOND LOOAV.
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No. 1.]
and branchcK of trees, and patched on the lejr? with sundry pieces
of leather of divert colours ; a broad brimmed and round-topied
hat, once white, but now no colour, and batt<-red into all shapes.
With all tlicse adornment?. I am not f-urpriscd that Mr.«. Barton,
Rp(:ikin,<r of her childnii. ai.d .'^ayin- that licre was "a liitle fel-
low fri-hteni d of nothin- on e:.rth;' t-hould qualify the expres-
sion by sayinir, "but I think he's a little scared at yon, Sir."
It was iK.t al.iiio in the fi.-ld that 8ir William was bu^y. His
office wi.ik wa.s often mo.st arduous, and durin;.' the earlier years
of his dirt'ctcr.ship, in addition to prep-irin- his annual report,
lie even kept the ac<.'ounts. entcrini; eviry item ..f exi-enditure,
60 that he C'.uld at .Miy time shew exactly Ik.w every penny of
the public ni.n.ypl.e.d at his disp.-al h:.d bien .-^jient. He
al.-o tells us that', with his own hi.i.d-. he made, at that time,
lour ii,a'iu~eript copies of tho Aimuil IJeport of Tro-ress, oiten
read. in- more than one hui dnd jainted pa-es— one copy ibr
the Govfinni'iit. one for the House of As>embly, one for the
Leuislalive Council, and one for the printer.
His niii-mer of living was simple as it was solitary. Like hi.s
f,,ur l.r.'th'rs. he never married, n-r do ■> ho seem to have
formed many iutini:ito irienusliips. Still every one who knew
him li.ved him and re^iHCted him, and if y -u p- tlie leniith and
breadth of all the land, you will everywiiere hear his praises,
alike from ricii and p"or.
He ptcuiiarly po.ssessed tlie power of inspiring others with his
own enihu^i;isni ; imt only tho-o in his employ, but even un-
edue t d farmers and backwood-meu— m. n who, as a rule, are
rather sceptical about the aav.-.ntaL'Cs to be derived from ireoloiry.
Tl.onirh i^o-.se.'^.-ed of private means, he .<pent little uj.on him-
self; not that he w:is p :r.-imoiiious. but he cared not for fashion
or luxury. Hut with him Science never pleaded her needs in
vain. Tic lii.-t -lant of the Let:islature. to make a ircoloLncal
survey of the Colniiies. was £1.500— an amount which. Sir
Willi;nn (piaintly remarked, was but a drop of what would be
reiiuirod to tlo.it him over twenty-five de-rees of longitude and ten
of latitude. This was. of course, very soon spent, and nc: only
this, but at the end of the second year the Survey was £800
in his debt, and he had no guarantee whatever that his money
would b.' returned to him. Since then the Survey has been
constantly indebted to him for books, instruments, and other
aids, and the building on St. James street, now u.sed for office
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TIIK CANADIAN N ATCllA MM'. [A^ll. viii.
piirposos, \v;is hiiilt Iiy 1:iin, t\v(i y(';irs w^o, ami niitcd tn ll.o
GoviTiiiiicnt liir ;il)iiut liall' th^- ;!iiiniiMt wliicli lie could I avo
obtaitiod IViiiii iillicr tciiaiils. 'i'n Lcuaii :il>o, Midiil I'l.i vi i .-ity
o\V(S iinii-h ; I'lii', in iNOl-, lie Iniiinlnl ai.il ctiddWiil lie •■ I.i l: ii
Gold iMidd" Inr an lunidr diirM' in l;i oln;:}' : iid nalui'al >cii nee,
and, in ISTl. ,uavi.' Sll>.<H)(). wldidi, |n._, tin r with !<1.(M.(I -i\in
liv Ids liKiilitr, ilio late Mr. 11 it J.'u.n. I'linsi il:c cndnwniLnt
ol'tlu' " Ji(',i;aii L'liair id' (i( (dii__\ .'
,^incc icf-iunini; ld> [(i-ilicn ;> 1 dicvt' r 'd' ilic ( iidlouiral Siif-
vcv, lie l:a.s (;.-iiTi(d on csiiicn a;itin.-< ;,t Id.-i'Wn f.Np nsf. a;.d at
llu; tinii' (if his d.;:.tli aiT: n_( ni' 111 s li;,d Ix t n nr , I ly C'lniph ti d
lor I'lUtiiiu; duwn a hdi^-liok' in ilic Ma.-iiin 'I'nw n>hi|'>. at a vi'>l
of.S'^."*"l; as 111! tlmuuiit lliat tiii>\vnuld t nalde him t(i|i:iivo
Ihr liiilh ol' hii viow,-> with n-ard to the ;.gtj of the Uictainorjldc
rocks there.
J'^V( rv one knows how m/hly l.e acted when a~ki d l>y tl;e Ma-t
India ('onijiMiy. in 1^1"). lo ni:d»o an i .\-.ndn,ii inn o| ihidr iriii-
tdiv foi' eii.-.l. The indiiei mt i;ts \m ic .-iinnL:. and iio nne ern.d
have Id iin d hini lor ;^i\ inu ti]i hi> (' luidian ;.] ] unitn.i i:l nidi r
the eii>-nin.-tai:ces. ]lut lisd n In what he .-ay> ahint il : -''ILo
fii'hl (d' nx'.iixh was luw. ;'.i,d India a e< niiliy atliael in;: muili
lucre l']in o] I an att( niicn tli:.n this. I h li [ i i Ic etly (•( i ta;n the
invistiLia! ion wi;uld li ad to a \(ry t.xundtd icjottinii. '1 ho
."•alai \- ( lieii d me Was moie tj.n (.('ehin \\ hat I have here, an
ciiicieiit stal'i was to Ijc ja(\;did, v.ilh all kinds (I' iln.-r;i(hs
which an Indian (iovc i iin.ii t conld so readily ail'iad. lint,
jntltK need hy a ro( ted .aitai !.m< nt tn tl.i> ((ainiiy. and ieihiiL;'
that ]i(rh;i|> >(iiie fa\(ir liavo Imn (.Ntunhd to nie, hicau.-e I
am a (.'. nadi.ni, 1 tlni imt aeet ])l the idli r." ••-
Sir Wiiliani was the lir,-i tn ^iw ns .any dellnite iidoiination
about tl I .-e \vi inlr(.us old J.anreiiii.n r( cks which fmin llio
backlioi . of oiir contintnt. Jli; .-In wed u.- tli.it tlay waie cider
than the Ilnronian. .and that ihey rcn.-i-ti-d of a -re.at .s» i ie> (d'
ini t:.inoi |iho.'-i (1 scdlmi iit.uy imIvS, which are diva-ible into two
uiK onioiinaLle j^reni'S, with a ctii.hinMl thickm.^,- (d' not le.-s
than od.OtiU iVet. 'J he iivv: l 1.. d.- ol Hum .-tone wirah he 1( ui.d
in the lower t^eiics. the {iiiii.ba-o, the iicn cris. the iintaliic sul-
jihiirt tir. all seemed to j'oint t(i the e.\i.-t( nee (jf lii'e in the liaii-
rcntian days; but the discovuy (d' J^iiimi C'ini<i</i m-c made
• lU^port of llie Select Cc'iiiniittLi' vu the Gcolegiial Survey, p. 22.
Nn. 1.]
SIR WK.MAM KDMON'I) LOfiAN.
M
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oniiji ctim' uivc jiliici' to ci'it.-iiiity. NnW we /.iinir tli;it th" wiirld
Ol tli;it I'd-iifl' time \V:!S linl ;i lililc-S WdlM. l/ilc. W luitl^VC T tllllt
liiav l>i'. ii III lnH'ii jdiiic'l Id iiiitl'T.
The lii-~t -|iiciiii(iis (i| Hn-.nnn wi'i-i! (iiuihI 1i_v I>i'. .luiiics
>VilHiii. Ill' |'( rih ; hut it lie lime el' their <lisc(i\ery wi re reL'inhd
llielelv as minerals. ill ' -^ .')">', ildWever, Mr. .J. Me.M llliell, of
the (i. iihr_ie il ."••iii'Vey, di-eovereil nlher -].eeimeiis, lh(> (irLsniio
<tri;:iii olwliieh .m> ,-liuek Sir Wiliiiiiii lh;;t in tli(! loUowing
veir -fniir Veils lieluii.! their iiiie .-tnicniic and alliiiilics woro
(h'ltrmii:ed hv I' v. son and Car). inter — he ivon c.Nliihitod them
as hisdjs at ihe m ^ tiii_u ( I'llie Amerieaii Assnciatieii.
In wideiv ( xlemiii:;^ enr kiawhd-e id' tlie early t^eolnjiipal
hi-tnrv '•[ the ( ai ill. Sir \\'iiliam 1 us dene a ure.-^t work ; iii(h'ed
thi- ni .V he re'j.iMKd as his ;jreate.vt wiik. Its iiniMirtaiiee has
I'Veix where hei 11 recotiiiized, and the name liaurentian. wliicli
lie clid.-e i'lir tiu' reeks at tin; lioilem el' the i:eoloeic;d seah; in
Aliieiiei. has eiaivMil the .\tlaiitie. ami is iiuw ajiplied to iho
heinelaxid reeks el' I'ltiroi o. Sir llodc riik .Murehisoii, uho
dedieaii d the hnivlh editieii nt' " Si'.uiia " to Sir William I.o_l;'ii1|
cvni --ui'tiiul'd Launnti.ii ior ••Fundamental (liieiss," the
nmit which he ha'! '^iveii to the neks ol'tiie West lli;j,hlaiids of
Senll led. •• 1 at fost," says .M urci.i.-oii, '• t lined them • Fuiida-
ni'iital diiei-s,' Mid seon a1't'-r. lolhrwiii!:' niv di>tinL:ui.-iied iViend,
SirWidimi Lo^an, I a]']ilieil to them his t.rni, ' Laiireiitiau,'
and iliuseleailv di-liiiuiii>hed them iVom the vounLier L:neissie and
inioaeeons cr-, .-taUiiie roeks oh tin' Ciiiiral and Eastern lliudi-
lainls, which were classed ;is metamoi |ih(ised Lower Silurian."
JiO-aii was not a voluminons writer, and duriiiL;- the latter
■\-(>ars (■!' hi> lii'e wrilinu was a \i.y \\\ i ll'oit to him. Occasional
i.aneis i'loiii his yvw have a|'iiiai(d in the 7\'iiisi'r/lnii.< "/ the
(I'id/i.ilii-dl Sdciit// of Lomieii. in tiie ( '(Hi('ill<iti Antiinilist and
\\\v Cn iiitiliini JdiiJiKi/, and .-onje of these liave already been
rci'erred to ; hut mo-t of what he has written is to be I'outid in the
J,'i/,niis n/' I'roiiirss annually submitted to the (lovernmont, and
ill that invaiuahle lnok, the Gid'Oi/ "/ ('<niii<l(i, which is, to
a lai-e extent, a diji-est (d" what is eontaiiu'd in the reports
).iihlish(d previous to l^tlo. He sdneiimcs exprei-sed himself
(piainlly, lint everythinj;- he wrote is clear and exceedingly con-
cise.
In addition to beinji a Fellow of the l\oyal Society and of
the Ooolo-ical Societies of London and Paris, he was a member
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of iiuincrnus other Icjiriied Kocictios both in Kuropc and Ainericft.
At tlu! tinii! of his di'ath, and for many ycnrs previous, lio was
one (if mir VMcc-}*rcsidrrits ; Ijnt tli()n;.:h fri(|U('nlly holicitod to
accept the oftici! of I're.sjih nt, he idwayn dcelinrd. — not on acconnt
of any lack of iTlt(■r(•^t in the Society, hut bteausc he lilt his
tinie was too fnlly oecujiicd to jieiinit of his sneci ssfnUy dis-
cliari:iii^ the I'lcsidcntjal duties. We have already alluded to
pome oi' the medals wliieli were awarded to him ; Liil it may bo
mentioned that alloi:! fher he was the recipient td' more than
twenty, incdudim: two IVcni the lleyal Society.
And niiw. in eoneludiiiu'. let me say to yon, my friends, ii'you
Would do honour to the memnry nl' that iiohle ohl man, who
fouLiht ."o li>i)Li', so bravely, for his eoiintry, for science, for you,
then lioMiMir the cause for which he fouiiht : strive with all your
miuht to advance the interests ol' that caMsc. and to raise up ;i
fiU|ier.-ti netuie Ixlittini;' the Kilid I'ouiidaiion wlicli Louan ha.S
!;iid. 'le liim-elf e\( n hoped to huild the snp.( ;,-' rncture; but
his anticipations weic not realized, for life was no. nnn cLOUgh,
and we must take up the mantle which In; hiia dropped.
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