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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  tention 
  to 
  the 
  Pleistocene 
  deposits 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  and 
  

   in 
  fact 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  eastern 
  Canada 
  generally, 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  

   remarkably 
  rich 
  invertebrate 
  fauna 
  which 
  they 
  contain. 
  His 
  

   "Canadian 
  Ice 
  Age" 
  embodies 
  the 
  chief 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  and 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  palaeontology 
  of 
  

   the 
  Pleistocene 
  in 
  America, 
  which 
  has 
  hitherto 
  appeared. 
  

  

  His 
  work 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Eozoon 
  Canadense 
  is 
  well 
  known. 
  

   Sir 
  William 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  prolific 
  writer 
  of 
  popular 
  works 
  on 
  various 
  

   geological 
  subjects. 
  Among 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  his 
  " 
  Story 
  

   of 
  the 
  Earth 
  and 
  Man," 
  his 
  "Fossil 
  Men 
  and 
  their 
  Modern 
  Rep- 
  

   resentatives," 
  his 
  " 
  Meeting 
  Place 
  of 
  Geology 
  and 
  History," 
  and 
  

   many 
  others. 
  These 
  books, 
  written 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  entertaining 
  style, 
  

   had 
  a 
  wide 
  circle 
  of 
  readers. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  volumes 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   many 
  papers 
  contributed 
  to 
  various 
  religious 
  papers 
  treated 
  of 
  the 
  

   relation 
  of 
  science 
  and 
  religion. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  Presbyterian 
  of 
  the 
  

   old 
  school 
  and 
  strongly 
  opposed 
  to 
  all 
  theories 
  of 
  the 
  evolution 
  of 
  

   man 
  from 
  brute 
  ancestors, 
  nor 
  would 
  he 
  allow 
  anything 
  more 
  than 
  

   a 
  very 
  moderate 
  antiquity 
  for 
  the 
  species. 
  The 
  study 
  of 
  geology, 
  

   too, 
  he 
  would 
  have 
  emancipated 
  from 
  "materialistic 
  infidelity 
  

   which, 
  by 
  robbing 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  spiritual 
  element 
  and 
  of 
  its 
  pre- 
  

   siding 
  Divinity, 
  makes 
  science 
  dry, 
  barren 
  and 
  repulsive 
  and 
  

   diminishes 
  its 
  educational 
  value." 
  

  

  These 
  works 
  on 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  science 
  and 
  religion, 
  while 
  they 
  

   undoubtedly 
  met 
  a 
  popular 
  demand, 
  have 
  but 
  a 
  transitory 
  value 
  and 
  

   are 
  not 
  those 
  by 
  which 
  Sir 
  William 
  Dawson 
  will 
  be 
  remembered. 
  

   His 
  reputation 
  will 
  rest 
  on 
  his 
  great 
  contributions 
  to 
  our 
  perma- 
  

   nent 
  stock 
  of 
  knowledge, 
  representing 
  achievements 
  of 
  which 
  any 
  

   man 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  proud. 
  

  

  His 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  perpetuated 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  geologi- 
  

   cal 
  work 
  of 
  McGill 
  University 
  by 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  a 
  second 
  chair 
  in 
  

   geology 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Dawson 
  Chair, 
  which 
  has 
  just 
  been 
  

   endowed 
  by 
  Sir 
  William 
  Macdonald. 
  

  

  Sir 
  William 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  quiet 
  geniality, 
  gentle 
  and 
  even 
  

   deferential 
  in 
  manner, 
  but 
  decided 
  in 
  opinion 
  and 
  firm 
  in 
  action. 
  

   The 
  preeminent 
  note 
  of 
  his 
  character 
  was 
  sincerity 
  and 
  singleness 
  

   of 
  purpose. 
  His 
  loss 
  will 
  be 
  felt 
  by 
  all 
  who 
  knew 
  him, 
  but 
  

   especially 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  

   so 
  long 
  connected. 
  frank 
  d. 
  adams. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Hicks, 
  the 
  English 
  geologist, 
  best 
  known 
  for 
  his 
  

   able 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  pre-Cambrian 
  rocks 
  of 
  Wales 
  and 
  Scot- 
  

   and, 
  died 
  on 
  November 
  18th, 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  sixty-two 
  years. 
  

  

  