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trees, or even for questions of stratigraphy arising directly out 

 of his own studies. His industry was remarkable and not less so 

 his modest and unselfish disposition, which impressed all who were 

 brought in contact with him. 



Joaquim Filippe Nery da Encarnacao Delgado (1835-1908). — 

 General Delgado was born at Elvas on May 26th, 1835. At the 

 age of nine years he entered the Military College of Lisbon, and, 

 after completing his studies, obtained an appointment in the 

 Department of Public Works. One of his first duties was to serve 

 on a Commission appointed to devise means for the regulation of 

 the Eiver Mondego. 



In August, 1857, he was attached to the Geological Survey (just 

 one month after its creation) and served under Carlos Kibeiro, 

 until its dissolution in 1868, when he was entrusted with special 

 studies, which were in fact a continuation of the work he had 

 done on the Survey. When the Geological Survey was re-established 

 in 1869, as a section of the Department for Geodesic Works, 

 Delgado was re-appointed, and in 1882 he succeeded Carlos 

 Eibeiro as Director, a post which he held until his death. 



Delgado greatly enlarged our knowledge of the Palaeozoic 

 Systems of Portugal, particularly the Cambrian and Silurian, and 

 we are indebted to him for several excellent memoirs on the Lower 

 Palseozoic faunas. He was greatly interested in questions relating 

 to prehistoric man, and made a detailed investigation of the cave 

 of Furninha. After an examination of the sections at Otta, he 

 announced in 1889 that he had not been able to discover in 

 these Tertiary deposits any flints showing signs of human work- 

 manship. 



General Delgado was part author of the Geological Map of 

 Portugal, on the scale of 1 : 500,000. 



He was elected a Foreign Correspondent of our Society in 1887, 

 and a Foreign Member in 1899. In the summer of last year, after 

 laborious work in the field, he fell ill with congestion of the lungs ; 

 from this he never recovered, and died on August 3rd, 1908. 



W. Jerome Harrison (1845-1908). — W. Jerome Harrison was- 

 born in 1845 at Hemsworth, near Doncaster. He was destined for 

 the teaching profession, and passed through the Practising Schools, 

 Westminster, during the years 1858-63, completing his training 



