244 THE CANADIAN GEOLOGICAL SUHYEY. 



In concluding these observations on the character of Mr. Logan's 

 labors in conducting the Geological Survey, carried on as it has been 

 with unusual earnestness and zeal, I cannot do better than refer to a 

 quotation from the London Quarterly Rcvieiv, October, 1854, which 

 occurs in the Report of the Committee above named — and in doing 

 so, express a hope that in this instance the old adage will not hold 

 good, that "a Prophet has no honour in his own country," for, in 

 fact and in spirit, Canada is Mr. Logan's country. He was at one 

 time applied to by the East India Company to undertake an exami- 

 nation of their territory for C«al ; a work for which, by his past 

 investigations, he was peculiarly fitted. The field of research was 

 new, and India was then attracting much more attention than 

 Canada. The emoluments would have greatly exceeded those of his 

 present office ; his staff was to be ample, and of his own selection ; 

 unlimited aid was to be afforded by the Indian Government ; and 

 although he felt quite convinced that the investigation would lead to 

 a very extended reputation, yet being influenced by a rooted attach- 

 ment to this country, and feeling that he was in some degree pledged 

 to it because he is a native Canadian, the munificent offer of the East 

 India Company was not accepted. The quotation above referred to 

 reads as follows : — " In Canada, there has been proceeding for some 

 years one of the most extensive and important Geological Surveys 

 now going on in the world. The enthusiasm and disinterestedness 

 of a thoroughly qualified and judicious observer, Mr. Logan, whose 

 name will ever stand high in the roll of votaries of his favourite 

 science, have conferred upon this great work a wide-spread fame." 



As I have already said, the services rendered to the Province by 

 Sir AV. E. Logan in London and Paris would alone suffice to entitle 

 him to the unanimous acknowledgments of his country ; may we 

 hope that the Legislature will give substantial expression of its ap- 

 probation, as well as of its appreciation, of the justly merited dis- 

 tinction which Her Majesty has conferred on the representative of 

 Canadian science ; and there is no manner, I feel assured, in which 

 this could be done more acceptably to Sir W. E. Logan himself, 

 and more creditably and lastingly beneficial to the Province, than 

 in extending to the Survey increased support, and in placing at his 

 disposal ample means to enable him to carry on this most important 

 service to a successful termination. By such means the wealth and 

 character of Canada will be equally advanced. Science will receive 

 such valuable contributions as, we believe, no country, at so early a 

 stage of its existence, has ever before rendered to it ; while the prac- 

 tical returns will prove a hundred-fold in their additions to the mate- 

 rial wealth and resources of the Province. 



