No. 1.] SIR WILLIAM ED.UOND LOGAN. 41 



trip, he spent the autumn months among the Laurentian rocks 

 of Grenville. Here too, as already mentioned, he continued to 

 work during the season of 1858. 



For several years after this, his time was much taken up with 

 the preparation and publication of the Geology of Canada and 

 its accompanying Atlas, the former of which appeared in 1863, 

 and the latter in 1865. Before these could be completed, how- 

 ever, many facts had to be added to the stock already obtained, 

 and besides a large amount of geological work among the Lau- 

 rentian rocks of Grenville and the rocks of the Eastern Town- 

 ships, a personal examination of many parts of the country, as 

 well as of portions of the New England States, was rendered 

 necessary. 



In 1862, Sir William was again present, in the capacity of 

 Juror, at the London International Exhibition, and again dis- 

 played a large and interesting collection of economic minerals. 

 Another opportunity of seeing his scientific friends in Britain 

 was also afforded him in 1864, when he went to London to 

 superintend the engraving of the Atlas already mentioned. In 

 1866, a geological collection was again prepared for the Paris 

 Exhibition of 1867, and Sir William worked so closely in 

 getting up a geological map to accompany it that he is said to 

 have nearly ruined his eyesight. 1868 found him once more on 

 this side of the Atlantic, hard at work in the Pictou coal field, 

 and the results of this season's work constitute the last of his 

 reports. In 1869, he resigned his appointment to Mr. Selwyn, 

 the present Director of the Survey. 



The few remaining years of his life were occupied chiefly 

 with a study of the rocks of the Eastern Townships and por- 

 tions of New England; but, unfortunately, the conclusions at 

 which he arrived concerning them were not published. 



No man has done as much as Sir William Logan to bring 

 Canada before the notice of the outside world, and no man is 

 more deserving of being held in remembrance by the people. 

 Just as statesmen or generals have risen up at the moment of 

 greatest need to frame laws or fight battles for their couutry, 

 so Sir William appeared to reveal to us the hidden treasures of 

 Nature, just at a time whtn Canada needed to know her wealth 

 in order to appreciate her greatness. For rising nations require 

 to know what their resources are. He possessed rare qualities — 

 qualities, which, combined, eminently fitted him for his work. 



