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In liis chosen field of research he was easily llie fureniosl anion^ 

 his American contemporaries, and his great erudition and perfect 

 familiarity with the literature of his subject caused him to be con- 

 stanth- consulted b>- others who had not devoted themselves, as he 

 had done, to the intricacies of that branch of science which was his 

 special delight. 



Professor Eastman came to his end under tragic circumstances. 

 He had been for some time employed by the War Trade Board in 

 Washington, where his linguistic attainments made his services 

 valuable. He suffered an attack of inlluenza, and, when convales- 

 cent, repaired to Long Beach, N. J. On the evening of his arrival, 

 September 27, 1918, although suffering, he went out to take the 

 air upon the boardwalk. He apparently wandered far in the 

 darkness, to a place where the walk had become dilapidated, and 

 either fell from the walk or stumbled through an opening, was 

 stunned, washed out by the tide and drowned, his body being 

 found the next day. 



His premature end robbed science of one of its most industrious 

 and indefatigable workers. W. J. H 



(For the portrait of Dr. Eastman accompanying this article we 

 are indebted to the Editor and Secretary of the Geological Scoiety 

 of America, who first published it in the Bulletin of that Society, 

 March, 1919.) — Editor. 



