6 THE FEESH -WATER LOCHS OF SCOTLAND 
notices of his death were pubhshed and local memorials established 
to his memory (see Appendix 11. ). 
This untoward event brought the lake survey work to a standstill, 
and it was my intention to abandon it altogether. Mr Laurence 
Pullar, the fixther of my young friend, wished, however, to see the 
work in which his son had taken so deep an interest brought to a 
satisfactory conclusion. He expressed his willingness to take his son's 
place so far as possible, and, at all events, to set apart a sum of money 
to pay for such assistance as I might desire to carry on the work and 
to publish the results of the investigations. Mr Laurence Pullar 
Fia. 2.— Sir John Murray, K.C.B. 
(Frum a photograph taken by the late F. P. Pullar, F.R.G.S,, during lunch-time on their 
last sounding expedition together. Loch Leven, 1st September 1900.) 
desired to be assured on two points : Jirst^ that there was no likelihood 
of the Government undertaking such a survey in the near future ; and 
second^ that this survey was considered by competent scientific 
authorities to be desirable and important from a national point of 
view. In these circumstances the question of the renewal of the 
survey work was brought before the Councils of the Royal Societies 
of London and Edinburgh, as well as before the Rritish Association 
at its meeting in Glasgow in 1901. All these organisations passed 
resolutions stating that they learned with great satisfaction that 
arrangements were under consideration for the completion of the 
survey commenced by Sir John Murray and the late Mr F. P. 
Pullar, and confirmed the opinion as to the great scientific import- 
