336 Obituary — Clarhe, JDaintree, Eartt, Heatherington. 



REV. W. B. CLARKE, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S. 



We are sorry to learn the death of this distinguished Australian 

 geologist at Sydney, New South Wales, by telegram, on June 17th. 

 — Nature. (We hope to give a full notice of Mr. Clarke next 

 month.) 



RICHARD DAINTREE, C.M.G., F.G.S. 

 The Standard, June 24th, 1878, announces the death of Mr. 

 Eichard Daintree (late Agent General for Queensland) on the 20tli 

 June, at his residence, Holyrood House, Beckenham, Kent. Mr. 

 Daintree's death will be deeply regretted by a wide circle of geo- 

 logical friends. We shall give a notice of Mr. Daintree's geological 

 works next month. 



PROFESSOR C. F. HARTT. 



The mail from New York brings us the sad news of the death of 

 Prof. Charles Frederick Hartt, of Cornell University. He died on 

 the 19th of March last of yellow fever at Eio Janeiro. Prof. Hartt 

 at the time of his death was in charge of the Brazilian Geological 

 Survey ; he was a native of Frederickton, New Brunswick, having 

 been born there in 1840, but it was in Nova Scotia where he 

 first followed geological pursuits. After having been a student 

 under Prof. Agassiz from 1862 to 1865, he accompanied that gentle- 

 man to Brazil with the Thayer Expedition in the latter year. The 

 account of this and a later journey he embodied in " Scientific 

 Eesults of a Journey in Brazil — Geology and Physical Geography 

 of Brazil," Boston, 1870. Prof. Hartt was a diligent student of 

 Indian languages and folk-lore, and not long since published at Eio 

 a brochure on the "Hare and Tortoise Myths of the Amazonian 

 Indians." 



ALEXANDER HEATHERINGTON, F.G.S., ETC. 



It is with regret that we record the death of Alexander Heather- 

 ino-ton, Esq., F.G.S., late of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He died at Toronto 

 on the 8th of March last, of pleurisy. The province of Nova Scotia 

 owes him a debt of gratitude for his persistent efforts to promote 

 her progress, and bring her to the front as one of the first gold- 

 producing countries of the world. He was a clever statistician and 

 the author of "A Practical Guide for Tourists, Miners, Investors, 

 and all persons interested in the Gold Fields of Nova Scotia," and 

 " Mining Industries of Nova Scotia, a Eeview of the Gold Field 

 from 1860 " to 1873, 1875, etc. He was editor and proprietor of 

 the " Mining Gazette," published at Halifax, Nova Scotia, a few 

 years ago. 



