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extensive domains in Perthshire and Argyllshire, he employed skil- 

 ful mineral-surveyors to examine and describe these vast Highland 

 tracts. One of these surveys was conducted by Mr. Odernheimer, of 

 Hesse-Cassel ; and it was in consequence of the efficiency of the labours 

 of this gentleman that he was afterwards selected to be the Surveyor 

 of the Peel River Company in the extensive grants held by it in 

 New South Wales. Lord Breadalbane expended very large sums in 

 improving the machinery and in extending the subterranean works 

 in his lead-mines of Tyndrum; and though frequently advised as 

 to the heavy losses he was incurring, he always replied, with a 

 noble generosity, that the works supported a large body of men and 

 their families, and must be kept up. These works were for some 

 time superintended by Mr. Thost, who read before the Society a short 

 account of the mineralogical features of the Breadalbane rocks, which 

 was published in the sixteenth volume of the Quarterly Journal. 

 In these mineral surveys Lord Breadalbane himself took an active 

 part, hammer in hand, and was often the first to detect the outcrop 

 of copper-ore, and in one instance of a small portion of gold. Even 

 when engaged in his favourite amusement of deer-stalking, he always 

 had an eye to the varied character of the rocks, and never missed a 

 remarkable junction. Those who, like Sir Roderick Murchison, have 

 been his companions in the chase can testify to the truthfulness 

 of this statement. 



Whatever Lord Breadalbane intended to do, he did it thoroughly 

 and, if occasion required, magnificently. Thus, when the Queen 

 visited Scotland for the first time, his reception of Her Majesty at 

 Taymouth Castle was truly royal ; and again, when the Sovereign 

 and Her lamented Consort inspected the Volunteers at Edinburgh, 

 he brought thither such a body of followers that they were con- 

 sidered the finest and most stalwart men of that splendid review. 

 In every sense of the word Lord Breadalbane was a great nobleman. 

 Having for many years served the Queen as Lord Chamberlain, he 

 was as highly esteemed by Her Majesty and Her Consort as he was 

 beloved by his associates for his fine social qualities. His unbounded 

 hospitality will long be remembered by many a foreigner, as well as 

 by crowds of our countrymen of all classes. 



Though he made no pretensions to science, he delighted in sur- 

 rounding himself with its leading cultivators ; and he earned the 

 praise of naturalists by his endeavours to introduce the animals of 

 other climes, including the Llama of South America, which he con- 

 ceived might be useful in Britain. To him also we owe the re- 

 introduction of the great Capercailzie, or Cock of the Woods. 



In the year 1840 he was chosen to preside over the Meeting of 

 the British Association at Glasgow ; and no one who was present can 

 forget the success of that vast gathering. 



All those persons who knew him well can affirm that he was as 

 honest and patriotic as he was straightforward and high-minded in 

 his career through life. Sincere in his attachments, he was natu- 

 rally so deeply affected by the loss of his accomplished wife, in August 

 1861, that from that moment he never recovered his former elasti- 



