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the Ocean, submarine deposits, and finally the nature and 
relations of the various “ Geospheres’’ that constitute the 
globe. Coloured maps and plates illustrate depths, salinities, 
temperatures, currents, deposits and many of the characteristic 
plants and animals of the plankton and of the “oozes.” As 
Murray’s final contribution to Science it is an appropriate 
summary of his life-work, and will do much to spread the 
knowledge of his discoveries and to make his name widely 
known amongst intelligent readers of popular works on Science. 
If I try now to give you a personal impression of John 
Murray as I remember him in earlier life, I picture him as a 
short, thick-set, broad shouldered man, with a finely-shaped 
head and very forcible-looking blue eyes, under rather shaggy 
eye-brows. His hair was fair, somewhat reddish on the whiskers 
and moustache. Later in life, when his hair was turning white, 
he wore a closely-clipped beard. It was a strong, determined- 
looking face, with those arresting eyes, making him a noticeable 
and dominant figure in any assembly. But the eyes could 
dance with fun on occasions, and his good Scots tongue was 
kindly as well as outspoken. He remained sturdy and energetic 
to the last, although he was 73 years of age a few days before 
the motor accident in which he was instantaneously killed on 
March 16th, 1914. 
John Murray was a man of upright character and of 
downright speech. He was apt to tell you what he thought of 
you, or anyone else, in plain and emphatic language without 
fear or favour. Some people of more conventional habits may 
have been shocked or offended at times; but the better one 
knew him the more one came to appreciate and admire his 
transparent honesty of thought and speech, his most uncommon 
“common-sense,” his purity of motive and directness of 
purpose and his genuine kindness and goodheartedness, 
especially to all the young scientific men who worked with 
