exploration of the mineral region, since so famous for its pro- 

 duction of copper and iron ; and also added largely to his 

 ethnological collection, which he subsequently gave to the 

 Smithsonian Institution. The vicinity of Lockport, at the 

 time referred to, was equal to any, if not the best single point 

 in the world for the student of palaeontology. The heavy cut- 

 ting, through the Niagara limestone, for the locks of the Erie 

 Canal, then in process of enlargement, revealed many won- 

 derful palaeontological secrets. It was while Jewett was reap- 

 ing in this interesting field that he was visited by Agassiz and 

 Ed. de Verneuil, of France, and the acquaintance formed at 

 that time with these eminent men ripened into a friendship 

 which was terminated only by death. At the suggestion of 

 Agassiz, he organized a summer school in geology, which was 

 continued four years, and received the patronage of many now 

 eminent in scientific pursuits. Though Colonel Jewett was 

 especially interested in geology and palaeontology, and of ma- 

 terial related to the latter had made a large and valuable col- 

 lection, he was also an eager student in conchology, as will be 

 seen by the following from the report of the British Asso- 

 ciation for 1863, written by Dr. Philip Carpenter : 



" Colonel Jewett went to Panama .... in January, 1849, spend- 

 ing ten weeks in that region, including Taboga. This was two years be- 

 fore Professor Adams' explorations. Thence he sailed to San Francisco, 

 where he spent four months in exploring the shore for about fifty miles 

 from the head of [entrance to] the bay. After laboring for a week at 

 Monterey, he spent ten weeks at Santa Barbara and the neighborhood, 

 thoroughly exploring the coast for fifteen miles, as far as San Buenaven- 

 tura Before his return to the East, he also collected at Maz- 



atlan .... and Acapulco." 



" There can be no doubt of the accuracy of the Colonel's observations 

 at the time they were made. Unsurpassed in America as a field palzeon- 

 tologist, possessed of accurate discrimination, abundant carefulness, and 

 unwearied diligence and patience, no one was better fitted to collect ma- 

 terials for a scientific survey of the coast." 



At Santa Barbara he also made a collection of pliocene fos- 

 sils, which are referred to in the report from which I have 

 quoted. In 1856 he was appointed Curator of the State Mu- 

 seum of New York, at Albany, his incumbency continuing for 

 several years, "a position which he filled," says a writer, 

 " with great credit to himself and incalculable benefit to sci- 

 ence." 



