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land. We might say much more, but these references are 

 perhaps sufficient. They show a rare talent and ability for 

 carrying out geographical work on a large scale, which has 

 been of the greatest value to Canada and a most important 

 addition to the science of geography in general. 



The regions in which Dr. Bell's surveys have been carried 

 on lie for the most part far away from the headquarters of the 

 Survey at Ottawa, so that in order to reach them before 

 beginning each season's work and to return again in the fall 

 generally required long journeys through uninhabited country. 

 Let the reader take a map of British North America and trace 

 the various surveys and explorations which have been men- 

 tioned and he will soon be convinced that the amount of work 

 which has been accomplished by one man is almost phe- 

 nomenal. 



Besides his more distant explorations Dr. Bell has done 

 a large share of the regional or detailed geological work of the 

 Survey in such regions for instance as between the Great 

 Lakes of the St. Lawrence, the Manitoulin Islands, the 

 country north from the shores of Lakes Huron and Superior, 

 the Gaspe Peninsula, etc., etc. — C. H.] 



