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The Scenery of England and the Causes to which it is due was published 

 in 1902, and the subject, beautifully illustrated, clearly expounded, 

 and treated in an enthusiastic spirit, made the work so popular that 

 it has reached a fifth edition. 



In 1 903 Lord Avebury gave to the Geological Society the results 

 of "An Experiment in Mountain-building", based on apparatus 

 which produced compression in two directions. The features thus 

 produced on pieces of carpet-baize and alternating layers of sand 

 were illustrated in his short published account of the phenomena. 



He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1855, and in 

 1903 the Council awarded to him the first Prestwich Medal. He 

 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1858, and became 

 a Trustee of the British Museum in 1878, taking a warm interest in 

 its affairs, and especially in the IS^atural History branch, afterwards 

 established in South Kensington. He was chosen president of many 

 societies representing diverse scientific and practical subjects, among 

 them the Linnean, Royal Microscopical, Ray, Entomological, and 

 Statistical Societies, and the Anthropological Institute. As the 

 representative of many sciences he was fitly selected to preside over 

 the jubilee meeting of the British Association held at York in 1881. 



Lord Avebury was twice married, his second wife being daughter 

 of General Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S. He died at his seaside residence, 

 Kingsgate Castle, near Margate, and was buried on May 31 at 

 Earnborough churchyard, Kent. He is succeeded in the Peerage by 

 the Hon. John Birkbeck Lubbock, his eldest son. 



HERBERT KELSALL SLATER, F.G.S. 

 Born August 28, 1875. Died May 2, 1913. 



"We regret to record the death from snake-bite of Mr. Herbert 

 Kelsall Slater, E.G.S., Assistant Geologist and Acting Second 

 State Geologist to the Mysore Government. He was the son of 

 the Rev. T. E. Slater, a well-known missionary in Mysore, 

 and was educated at Bishop's Stortford College, Herts, and the 

 Central College, Bangalore. In October, 1894, he joined the newly 

 formed Mysore Geological Department under Mr. Bruce Foote, and 

 afterwards served under his successors. Dr. J. W. Evans and 

 Dr. W". F. Smeeth. He had already acquired a competent knowledge 

 of geology in India when he returned to England in 1901 and 

 studied at the Royal College of Science under Professor J". W. Judd. 

 In 1909 he again visited this country for purposes of study, and 

 afterwards spent some months in Canada and made himself familiar 

 with its crystalline rocks, as these present many points of similarity 

 to those on which he was working in India. He mapped a con- 

 siderable portion of Mysore, especially in the Shimoga, Tarikere, and 

 Kadur Districts, which lie in the north and west of the State, 

 and brought an independent mind to the problems that presented 

 themselves. His work will be found in the Records of the Mysore 

 Geological Department. See vol. ii, pp. 118-30, 1899; vol. iii, 

 pp. 148-62,1901; vol. iv, pp. 119-46, 1903 ; vol. v, pt. ii, pp. 35-56, 

 1904; vol. vi, pt. ii, pp. 5-26, 1905 ('intrusive' and 'corrosive' 



