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out a salary), and he laboured at building up that institution 

 Until his sudden death in 1889. Honeyman joined the 

 Institute of Natural Science on 3rd December, 1866, and in 

 1870 became a member of its council, and on 11th October, 

 1871, was elected honorary secretary (afterwards known as 

 corresponding secretary), which position he held till his 

 death, a period of eighteen years. He gave very much time and 

 energy to the affairs of the society, which for a long period 

 met in the museum, and succeeded Gossip as editor of the 

 Transactions. His chief service to us, however, was the 

 contribution to the Transactions of a very long series of 

 papers, mostly on geological subjects, but latterly interspersed 

 with some on marine zoology. Their number, no less than 

 fifty-eight, makes him the most voluminous writer we have 

 had. He also published a few papers elsewhere, and a small 

 geological work called "Giants and Pigmies" (Halifax, 1887). 

 He was a good geologist, probably the best the society has had 

 among its ordinary members, although some of his conclusions 

 came in for considerable criticism from certain quarters. His 

 little tilts with Sir William Dawson will be recalled by our 

 older members. It must be admitted, however, that his 

 literary style lacked perspicuity and scientific precision and 

 orderliness, which unfortunately has caused his reputation to 

 suffer somewhat with those who only know him and his work 

 by his writings. I have always felt that his writings do not 

 do him the justice he deserves. His genial character we all 

 remember well. He was a D. C. L. of King's College, Windsor, 

 (1864), a fellow of the Geological Society of London (18 62), an 

 original fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (188 2), a 

 member of the Geological Society of France, honorary mem- 

 ber of the Geologists' Association of London and of the 

 Society of Science, Letters and Art (London), a corresponding 

 member of the Society of Arts (London) and of the Horti- 

 cultural Society (London), as well as an original member of 

 the Geological Society of America, etc. He received the 



