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■and Bristol. Born on jN'ovember 19th, 1829, Mr. Braby passed peace- 

 fully away at his Teddington home on October 9th, 1911, and was 

 thus in his eighty-second year. Known chiefly because of the firm 

 which bears his name, he was also a writer of considerable merit. 

 He joined the Society in 1864, and was wont at one time to attend 

 the meetings and excursions of the Geologists' Association. 



In Geoege Attwood, who died with startling suddenness on 

 February 9th, 1912, at his home, Steyning Manor, Stogursey 

 (Somerset), the Society lost a Fellow of exceptional and varied 

 experience in metallurgical work and practical engineering. Born 

 at Carlisle in 1845, and educated at Lichfield Grammar School, he 

 was a son of the late Melville Attwood, also a mining engineer and 

 Fellow of this Society, and was descended from an ancient Worces- 

 tershire family, whose original name Du Bois had been translated 

 into Attwood. He was also a nephew of the late Prof. Edward 

 Forbes, and of David Forbes one of the pioneers in i^icroscopic 

 petrology. At the age of sixteen George began work under his 

 father in jSTevada and California, and was appointed two years later 

 to the Ophir Company on the Comstock Lode in the former State. 

 Other appointments followed, some of which entailed much hardship 

 ^nd danger, especially when engaged on 'prospecting' work. More 

 than once his party was attacked by hostile Indians, and on one 

 occasion lost some of their number during a prolonged fight while 

 retreating down a gorge. As the redskins abandoned the pursuit, 

 and Attwood, like others of his companions, was an excellent shot, 

 the assailants probably paid dearly for all scalps taken. 



Few men, probably, have had a wider and more practical 

 experience than Attwood as a prospector and mining engineer, for 

 he could take a metalliferous lode from the first, equip it with 

 machinery, and bring it into complete working order ; and his 

 business had taken him not only into various parts of the United 

 States and Canada, but also into Mexico, South America, India, and 

 South Africa. Of late years, when not at his London office, he 

 was especially engaged in the western part of the Dominion, first 

 . on mines in the Sudbury district, and afterwards in railway and 

 other developments near Prince Albert on the Saskatchewan. His 

 accurate knowledge and sterling integrity won general respect, 

 one proof of which was that when a certain silver-mine was 

 losing favour with the public, Attwood was sent out by the share- 

 holders in London to report on its value. He told them on his 



