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(lid produce was so admirable as to raise regret that he never found 

 occasion to do more. His " Map of the Geology and Contours of 

 London and its Environs," which appeared in 1856, when he had 

 reached his fortieth year, was a work of the most painstaking re- 

 search, and is now one of the classics in the geology of the South of 

 England. It was followed two years later by his " London, Geolo- 

 gical — Waterworks and Sewers," and subsequently by his smaller 

 '* Geological Map of London and Environs." His reputation as a 

 geological engineer secured his election into the Eoyal Society in 

 1860, and gave him entry into the scientific life of London, while 

 his business habits led to his being chosen to fill various offices of 

 honour and trust, such as the Treasurership of the Smeatonian 

 Society of Civil Engineers and the duties of a Governor of Bride- 

 well and Bethlehem Hospitals. 



No figure has been for more than forty years more familiar in this 

 Society than Mylne's, and none, in spite of a certain somewhat formal 

 mannerism, more generally welcome. He served repeatedly on the 

 Council, while his position for so many years as Treasurer of the 

 Geological Club kept him in the heart of the life and work of the 

 Society, and brought him into friendly touch with the active students 

 and the leaders of geology. We shall long remember the delibera- 

 tion of his announcements from the Treasurer's Chair, and the quiet 

 humorous sallies that every now and then broke out from under- 

 neath this outward solemnity. There was, however, a side of his 

 nature which, though it could not appear on these occasions 

 and would, indeed, never have been suspected by those who only 

 casually met him, ought to be borne in mind if we wish to form and 

 preserve a just idea of his singular personality. He was the last of 

 a long line of architects and engineers. His ancestors for many 

 successive generations had held a foremost place in their profession 

 in Scotland, and had built many of the bridges, mansions, and public 

 edifices in that kingdom. To this day one of the most prominent 

 inscriptions on the exterior of Holyrood Palace — " E,o. Mylne " — 

 records under whose superintendence that royal dwelling was re- 

 paired in the reign of Charles II. Our late friend and associate 

 inherited house-property near the northern capital, which, though in 

 itself of comparatively little value, he prized because it had come to 

 him through a line of professional men to which he was proud to 

 belong. Much of his time during the last years of his life was spent 

 in reading and arranging the voluminous series of letters, accounts, 

 and other papers that bore witness to the industry and success of his 



