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Here we may be permitted to express our deep regret at the 

 loss science has lately sustained by the death of the great Palaeonto- 

 logist. We are all well aware of the deep interest he took in our 

 local chert beds and their organic remains. He never paid us a 

 visit here without imparting valuable information or offering useful 

 suggestions. " You should never reject even the fragment of a shell 

 until it has been carefully examined," he remarked on one occasion. 

 " I noticed you spoke rather slightingly of this imperfect valve, when 

 handing me a more complete one of a similar Brachiopod. This 

 fragment is of far more importance, since it displays the muscular 

 impression of the interior while the other does not." 



On the doctor's second visit to Hamilton we drove out along 

 the brow of the escarpment to the rock cutting beyond the Reser- 

 voir. When passing over the bluff above the railway track I pointed 

 it out as the place where the best colored Lmgulce were obtained, as 

 also the Clinton (May Hill) star fishes. He questioned me rather 

 closely regardmg the former, and as to what led to their discovery. 

 " Well, Dr. Hall, you may remember," was the reply, " in one of 

 your earlier publications you mentioned you noticed a fragment of 

 a Brachiopod in the New York Clinton rocks, which led you to 

 believe that colored Molluscs may yet be detected even in the Silurian 

 series. Here we have a complete exposure of the beds from the base 

 of the Niagara to the grey band of the Medinas below, so it seemed 

 quite natural to believe we may find confirmation of that view in 

 our Clinton beds. A portion of a blue Lingula embedded in a 

 fragment from the iron band was found, and close beside it a large 

 red flag, of which it formed part. On spHtting the latter numerous 

 valves of a bright blue Li7igula (Lingula Clintojii) presented an 

 appearance in the interior ; also a pink valve of Lingula Oblata 

 lying within an inch of the brightest of the blue ones, while the 

 small circular form of Lingula Perovata near an edge of the flag was 

 brown, shading to blue at the apex. The latter is now known as 

 Glossina Perovata (Hall). Is it possible these Brachiopods possessed 

 in themselves the diff'erent coloring matter ? " " 'Tis a point for 

 investigation," he added, as if thinking to himself. 



The writer feels he need not apologize for recording the above 

 anecdotes respecting one he looked upon as the greatest Palaeon- 

 tologist of the age. You may find a man among scientists better 



