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I have been obliged, moreover, to pass over many interesting fea- 

 tures in the work of this ingenious and versatile scientist. I have made 

 no attempt to touch upon his archeological researches, since it has been 

 necessary for me to restrict myself to a portion only of his scientific 

 work. In this field, as in his ethnological work, his keen insight, in- 

 genuity and versatility were manifested, while the close attention 

 which he bestowed upon matters of minute detail has rendered clas- 

 sical his work as a field archeologist. While the greater part of his 

 ethnological work is associated with the name Lane Fox, by which he 

 was known until 1880, most of his researches into the remains of pre- 

 historic times were conducted after he had in that year assumed the 

 name of Pitt Eivers, on inheriting an important estate which, by the 

 happiest of coincidences, included within its boundaries a considerable 

 number of prehistoric sites of the highest importance. That he made 

 full use of his opportunities is amply manifested in his published 

 works. In his archeological work are repeated the characteristics of 

 his ethnological researches, and one may with confidence say of his con- 

 tributions to both fields of inquiry that, if he advanced science greatly 

 through his results he furthered its progress even more through his 

 methods. By his actual achievements as a researcher he pushed for- 

 ward the base of operations; by his carefully-thought-out systems for 

 directing research he developed a sound strategical policy upon which 

 to base further organized attacks upon the unknown. 



