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In XIemoriam : Uriah Bairstow. 
from heart trouble, with which he was confined to his house 
for four months prior to his death. 
It was always a pleasure to meet Mr. Bairstow. He was 
invariably exceedingly cheerful — most happy with his wit, 
and was no sooner in one’s company than his joyfulness and 
light-heartedness became infectious, and an excursion always 
proved brighter if he was with the party. 
He had a good all-round knowledge of scientific work, and 
was especially interested in botany, though chemistry, astron- 
omy, etc., shared his attention. He was a valuable member of 
the Halifax Scientific Society, and frequently in earlier years, 
gave lectures to its members ; and conducted excursions. 
With Messrs. C. Crossland, J. W. Sutcliff, and a few others, he 
commenced about 28 years ago the systematic study of the 
flowering plants of the Halifax area. Their joint efforts 
eventually led to the building up of a flora in all its branches, 
of the parish of Halifax, under the guidance of Messrs. W. B. 
Crump, M.A., and C. Crossland, by means of the ‘ Halifax 
Naturalist,’ the organ of the Halifax Scientific Society. 
Among other contributions to the Journal were ' Local Land 
Movements,’ ‘ Haugh Shaw and Shaw Syke,’ ‘ A Fungus 
Foray in Luddenden Dean,’ and ‘ In the Footsteps of Oliver 
Heywood,’ etc. He had a special pleasure in attending both 
the local and the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union fungus forays. 
Mr. Bairstow took an active interest in the municipal life 
of Halifax, and was one of the elective auditors of the borough 
since 1895. He was a prominent member of Square Con- 
gregational Church, and was one of the founders of the Halifax 
Sunday Lecture Society. He leaves a widow, and five child- 
ren, to whom we offer our real sympathy in their loss. — T. S. 
♦♦ 
Logging. By Ralph Clement Bryant. Chapman & Hall, 1913, pp., 
xviii. and 590, 15s. net. This text book by the professor of Lumbering 
at the Yale University, deals with the principles and methods of logging 
in the United States. The original forested area in the States is estimated 
to have covered 850,000,000 acres and contained about 5,200,000,000 feet 
of timber. It comprised four broad types, which are illustrated in a 
sketch map, viz. : — Northern, Central, Southern, Rocky Mountain and 
Pacific slope. The present forest area is 550,000,000 acres or about 65% 
of the original area. The work, written primarily for forestry students, 
is intended to fill a gap in the now extensive literature on forestry. It 
deals with the movement of timber from the stump to the manufacturing 
plant and describes in considerable detail the various methods of transport 
by land and water, and especially with the construction of logging railways. 
Chapters also deal with the protection of forest property from fire and wind; 
forest labour ; camps and camp hygiene. Of the minor industries dealt 
with are interesting accounts of (1) Turpentine Orcharding and a com- 
parison of box and cup systems and (2) Harvesting Tan-bark. In an 
appendix of 76 pages are given a copious bibliography, a glossary of logging 
terms, log rules, etc. The work is well and clearly printed and illustrated 
by 133 figures, many of which are from photographs. 
Naturalist 
