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foregoing very interesting and instructive reports are appended those of 
Messrs. Blair, Bedford, MacKay and Sharp, Superintendents of the 
respective Branch Farms at Nappan, N. S., Brandon, Man., Indian 
Head, Assa., and Agassiz, B. C. Ed. 
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SIR RICHARD OWEN. 
By the death of Sir Richard Owen, of the British Museum, not 
(>nly has England lost one of its ablest scholars in the realms of science, 
but the world mourns a prince amongst naturalists. Of genial tempera- 
ment and generous heart, ever ready and willing to assist in the further- 
ance of science and scientific research, Sir Richard earned for himself a 
reputation and a name which place him for ever among the fathers of 
vertebrate palaeontology.- On "Fossil Mammalia" " Fossil Reptilia," 
" Dinosauria," "Cetacea" and numerous orders of vertebraia, he wrote 
works which will remain as monuments to his scholarly attainments 
and natural abilities. In the field of Canadian paleontological liter- 
ature he has left interesting memoirs. The earliest of these was an 
elaborate paper, beautifully illustrated with large folding lithographic 
plates, published in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of 
London. This dealt with the tracks or trails of marine animals in the 
Potsdam Formation of Canada. The specimens from Beauharnois and 
other localities which Sir William Logan placed in his hands were 
admirably described and now adorn the walls of the National Museum 
on Sussex street, with the names which Sir Richard gave them. These 
"foot prints " or 'ichnitcs' have been greatly admired and are much 
sought after by collectors and museums. His other papers were on the 
Reptiles of Eastern Canada. His descriptions are clear and the facts 
well defined and presented. Britain owes a great debt of gratitude to 
the departed naturalist and it is gratifying to see that at a meeting pre- 
sided over by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales it was agreed to erect to 
his memory a monument to be placed in the spacious Entrance Hall of 
the British Museum. His Royal Highness paid a personal and high 
tribute to his deceased friend, and Lord Kelvin, (Sir Win. Thomson), 
Thomas Huxley, Sir Wm. flower, and many others spoke at length on 
the loss which science had sustained. H. M. Ami. 
