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those who were watching over him. He was attacked 

 with a light fever on a Friday night, and this continued 

 without dangerous symptoms until nearly midnight Sun- 

 day, when he became delirious. In this state he remained 

 until three in the morning, when he passed away. The 

 unexpectedly fatal termination of his illness can be 

 accounted for, only on the supposition that his system 

 had become greatly enfeebled by his constant, hard work 

 and anxiety during the long, tropical summer. He had 

 been accustomed to leave Rio in the hot season, but this 

 year circumstances prevented his doing so. 



Hartt's early education was carried on under the direct 

 supervision of his father, who, for a long time, was prom- 

 inently identified with the educational interests of Nova 

 Scotia and New Brunswick. He studied at Horton 

 Academy in Wolfville, N. S., and afterwards at Acadia 

 College, where his father was at the time a professor. 

 In i860 he graduated from the College with high honors, 

 receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and later that 

 of Master of Arts. In 1869 he was married to Miss Lucy 

 Lynde, of Buffalo, N. Y., by whom he had two children, 

 a son and a daughter. They all survive him. 



At the age of ten, Hartt began to show a decided taste 

 for natural history studies, in which he was aided and 

 encouraged by his teacher. Prof. Cheeseman. His talent 

 for drawing and for the acquisition of language showed 

 itself at an equally early period, and we are told that he 

 became an instructor of drawing at Acadia College when 

 a mere boy. His liking for natural history was, how- 

 ever, the stronger, and he entered with great zeal into 

 the work of geological investigation. Before he left 

 college he had explored a large portion of Nova Scotia, 

 which province he traversed from one end to the other 

 on foot. In all his expeditions he made large collections 

 of specimens, whenever there was opportunity. His 

 studies always took the character of independent, orig- 

 inal investigations, and their great value has served to 

 identify him prominently with the history of Acadian 

 geology. 



