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return that the mine ' onl}- presented a geological chance ' — for 

 which they had paid a million sterling ! 



Attwood occasionall}' contributed short papers to mining and 

 other periodicals, but the pressure of business left him little leisure- 

 for writing. He published, however, three papers in our Journal : 

 one, entitled 'Contributions to South American Geolog}-' (vol. xxxv,. 

 1879, pp. 582-88), dealing with the Caratal Goldfield and giving 

 a section of about 150 miles in length between it and the right 

 bank of the Orinoco. The second was on the Geology of part of 

 Costa Eica (vol. xxxviii, 1882, pp. 328-36), describing a gold- 

 bearing district between Punta Arenas and the volcano Turrialba -^ 

 and the third on Auriferous Tracts of Mysore Province (vol. xliVy. 

 1888, pp. 636-57). Petrological ax)pendices were contributed 

 to the first and third by Prof. Bonney, to the second by the late- 

 W. H. Hudleston. Attwood also published in 1880 a most useful 

 volume on ' Practical Blowpipe Assaying,' a subject in which he- 

 w^as unus.ually expert. 



Besides our own, the Chemical, and the Zoological Societies, he- 

 was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of the Insti- 

 tution of Mining & Metallurgy, and of sundry other Societies and 

 Institutes in this country and America. His wide experience- 

 made him an interesting companion ; he was a lover of the country, 

 where he had a residence, first in the jN'ew Porest and then in 

 Somerset, a keen sportsman, a most kindly host, and a firm friend. 

 He was in active work to the last, and at the time of his death 

 was contemplating another visit to Canada. He was twice- 

 married : first to Maria Louise Tansley, who died at Montreal 

 in 1892, and secondly to Charlotte Caroline Burchell, but no 

 children have survived. [T. G. B.] 



Samuel Peaxklix Emmoxs was born in Boston on March 29thy 

 1841, and died in Washington on March 28th, 1911, on the eve 

 of the completion of his seventieth year. He was educated 

 at first at Harvard, graduating in 1861, but proceeded after- 

 wards to the Ecole des Mines at Paris and the School of Mines 

 at Freiberg. In 1867, he was appointed to take part in the 

 Eortieth Parallel Survey, and he both acted as joint author of the 

 volume on Descriptive Geology and assisted J. D. Hague with the 

 volume dealing with the mining industry. During this Survey he 

 gave much attention to problems connected with ore-deposits, and 

 he continued to do so when appointed to take charge of the Pocky 

 Mountain division of the United States Geological Survey. In 1886^ 



