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the Royal Societ}^ the Index by Dr. and Mrs. Woodward of 



the papers published in the Geological Magazine, 1 864-1903, 



and a similar list of papers read before the Royal Geological 



Society of Ireland, compiled b}^ Mr. Hugh Leonard, and 



Praeger's Glacial and Post-Glacial Bibliography, will afford 



much information ; but in addition to these, his papers before 



other societies were extremely numerous. Indeed, it may be 



said that in this respect he was indefatigable. From his first 



start in the geological world he never ceased to record his 



observations and opinions, and at the very time of his death 



he had just completed a paper he intended to have read at the 



Royal Irish Acadeni}'. Besides his papers to learned societies, 



he published several works in geology, prominent amongst 



which were his excellent '• Manual of the Geology of Ireland," 



" Valle3\s, Fissures, Fractures, and Faults," " A Handy Book 



of Rock-XameS;" "Reclamation of Waste Lands in Ireland," 



'' Irish Peat, its Utility and Possibilities," "Economic Geology 



of Ireland " (which is wddely availed of in connection with 



economic developments), and, within the past few months 



'• The Superficial and Agricultural Geolog)^ of Ireland." His 



knowledge of Ireland was b}' no means confined to geolog3^ 



A recent writer describes it as encyclopaedic, and a perusal 



of the evidence he gave before many Royal Commissions 



to which he was summoned, more especiall}^ the " Industries 



(Ireland) Commission," in 1885, will show his intimate 



acquaintance with the social and industrial conditions of 



Ireland. 



A man of strikingly imposing physique — he was generally 



termed by the country folk "the big miner" — no trouble 



nor fatigue could deter him from carrying out the work he so 



keenl}^ revelled in, and he would walk through a river up to 



his waist to examine a section on the opposite bank as 



calmly as if he were in a road cutting. He now rests in the 



picturesquely situated churchyard of Ovoca, overlooking his 



former residence in the famous lovely vale. Fittingly, his 



remains were carried to the grave by a squad of the miners 



attached to the now almost deserted, but once prosperous, 



Ovoca mines, to most of whom he had been a familiar figure 



in da^^s gone by. 



R. C1.ARK. 

 Geological Survey, Dublin. 



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