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reconnu son mérite et, il y a une quinzaine d’années, la reine Victoria 
lui conférait le titre de chevalier. 
Cet honneur il l’avait mérité non seulement par ses travaux, mais 
aussi par la noblesse, la dignité et la beauté de sa vie intime. Il est vrai 
que de ce côté la Providence l’avait favorisé. Spencer Grange, où s’est 
écoulée la plus grande partie de son existence, est une maison relative- 
ment modeste mais entourée d’un pare admirable s'étendant depuis le 
chemin Saint-Louis jusqu’à la falaise du Saint-Laurent. Les pins, les 
érables et les ormes séculaires qui en ombragent les allées étaient sa joie 
et son orgueuil. Il cultivait en plein air et en serre-chaude les plantes 
les plus rares et notamment un raisin justement renommé. Ce pare 
était le paradis des oiseaux; ils y vivaient sans inquiétude sous la pro- 
tection du propriétaire, et comme pour l’en récompenser, ils lui ont 
fourni les matériaux de son Ornitolhogie du Canada et autres ouvrages 
très appréciés sur la faune canadienne. 
La Société Royale du Canada ressent vivement la perte de Sir James 
LeMoine, et elle s’associe au deuil de sa famille et de ses nombreux amis. 
2.—Dr. Rosert W. ELzs. 
The subject of this sketch was born July 26, 1845, at Sheffield Miils, 
one of the most beautiful and picturesque spots in the valley of the 
Cornwallis River, Nova Scotia. His ancestors were United Empire 
Loyalists, who with many others, came to Nova Scotia toward the close 
of the eighteenth century. He received his earlier education at the 
village school, afterward attending the Horton Academy from which 
he matriculated to Acadia College. Thinking however, that the oppor- 
tunities afforded. by MeGill were greater for the pursuit of Scientific 
studies, he decided to complete his academic course at that Institution. 
In 1872 he graduated from MeGill with first class honours in Natural 
History and Geology, receiving the Logan Gold Medal. His whole 
course as a student was a brilliant one. Three years later the degree 
of M.A., was given him, and in 1887 that of LL.D., by his alma mater. 
After graduation he was, in 1872, appointed to a position on the 
staff of the Geological Survey of Canada,—a body in which he subse- 
quently attained the rank of Senior Geologist. His first official appoint- 
ment thus took place at a time when members of the Survey were not 
only geologists but, of necessity, explorers and map makers as well. For 
those were the days before the Canadian Pacific Railway had linked 
together the Provinces of the Dominion and made an easy highway 
between the East and the West. He was indeed one of that small band 
of earnest men which, in the face of many—and real—difficulties, wrote 
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