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this work he also prepared a report on the 
Tertiary Lignite Formation, a memoir on the 
‘Superficial Deposits of the Central Region 
of North America,’ and papers on the 
‘Locust Visitations,’ on the ‘ Fresh Water 
Sponges of Canada’ and on the ‘ Fluctua- 
tions of the American Lakes.’ 
When the work of the Boundary Survey 
was brought to a close, he was appointed, 
in 1875, to the Staff of the Geological Sur- 
vey of Canada, and, in 1883, on the retire- 
ment of Dr. Selwyn, he succeeded him as 
Director of the Survey, which position he 
held at the time of his decease. His field 
work, while connected with the Geological 
Survey, was carried on chiefly in British 
Columbia and the Northwest Territories, 
and the excellent character of this work 
contributed largely to the great develop- 
ment of the mining industry in these parts 
of the Dominion in recent years. 
Dr. Dawson also rendered important 
public service in connection with the 
Behring Sea arbitration. As one of the 
British Commissioners he spent the summer 
of 1892 in the Behring Sea region, for the 
purpose of inquiring into the facts and con- 
ditions of seal life. The report of the 
Commission constituted the case of Her 
Majesty’s Government, and I remember 
hearing at the time a high tribute paid to 
Dr. Dawson’s ability by one of the gentle- 
men connected with the United States side 
of the case, in the statement that had it not 
been for Dr. Dawson’s evidence and argu- 
ments, a finding much more favorable to 
the United States would probably have 
been secured. In connection with his ser- 
vices on this arbitration he was made a 
Companion of the Order of St. Michael and 
St. George (C. M.G.). 
He usually enjoyed excellent health and 
had great capacity for hard work, but he 
succumbed very suddenly, on the 2d of 
March last, to an attack of acute bron- 
chitis after an illness of but two days. 
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Dr. Dawson was a prolific writer. In 
addition to his numerous and voluminous 
official reports, he contributed many papers 
on geological, geographical and ethnological 
subjects to the scientific magazines and to 
the Transactions of various learned socie- 
ties, both on this continent and in England. 
He received the degree of D.Sc. from 
Princeton, and the degree of LL.D. from 
Queen’s University in 1890 and from McGill 
University in 1891. In the same year he 
received the Bigsby gold medal from the 
Geological Society of London for his ser- 
vices to the science of geology, and was 
elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 
1893 he was elected President of the Royal 
Society of Canada. In 1896 he was Presi- 
dent of the Geological Section of the Brit- 
ish Association for the Advancement of 
Science at its Toronto meeting, and was 
last year President of the Geological Society 
of America. His presidential address, de- 
livered on retiring from the latter position, 
appeared in a recent number of ScrENcE. 
In 1897 he was awarded the gold medal of 
the Royal Geographical Society. He also 
received many other distinctions which can- . 
not here be mentioned. 
Dr. Dawson was a man of more versatile 
gifts than his father, but like him possessed 
of an unusual combination of scientific in- 
sight, literary ability and administrative 
capacity. He was a man of broad views, 
clear and judicial frame of mind, modest 
and retiring, but withal an excellent con- 
versationalist. He won the esteem of all 
who knew him, and his loss will be keenly 
felt by his very large circle of friends. 
Frank D. ADAMS. 
McGiL~L UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL. 
STATE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEYS.* 
A GEOLOGICAL survey of Wisconsin, very 
complete and careful for the time, was com- 
* Abstracts of addresses made before the Natural- 
ists, meeting in Chicago, December, 1900. 
