4: The American GeobxjUt. Janiiaiy, i.s!»3 
riitorv ;iiul ill \\w field, Imt :i vcrv considcnihle aiiiouiit of tiic lit- 
erai'V siipcrvisioii of tiu- volumes issiiecl. in- wrole an iimiiense 
nunibcrof [)aiters. inaiiv of uliicli were eoiitriltiited \(.^ ••SiiliiiiairH 
Journal. * 
His first vovau'e t.o Kurojie was undertaken as a <leiegate of 
tile (leoloirieal Survey of Canada to liie I nleniationai Kxpositiou 
at Paris, in IS.")"), where ho was seU'eted as one of the jury of 
award. and durin<:" his stay was in\ested with the decoration of 
Chevalier of the Iii'<iion of Honor. SiilisecjUeiitly he was pro- 
moted Ity tlie French (iovernineiit to lie an olHcer of this order. 
In ]sr)!> he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of LoikIou. 
lie was again an otlicial deleiiate from Canada to the London Kx- 
position of lS(t2. and afterwards served in tlie some capacity at 
]*aris in IStiT. Tn 1S71 he was elected a memVter of the Natiouiil 
Academy of Science of the I'nitt'd States. 
From 1S72 to 187s he resided in FJoston and lectured on iieology 
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technoloiiv. hi 1S71 he was 
electetl president of the A. .V. A. S. Before this IFarvard had 
reeoiiiii/.ed his merit and conferred upon him the title of M. A., 
and the rniversityof Laval that of LL.l). Hi 1S77 he Avas elected 
]»resident of the American Institute of ^Hniiig Finuineers. In 
ISSl Camluidue rniversity. Fiigland. bestowed on liim. witli more 
than usual ceremony, the (h'uree of LL. I). He was one of the 
oriiiinal mt'mhers of tin- lU»yal Society of Canada and its tliird 
president. T)urino- the yt^ar lS7(i. of the Centennial Exp<^»sitiou 
in I'hiladelphia (where he was also on the jury), he first definitely 
took measures to insure the calling together of a geological con- 
gress of the woild. and caused a resolution looking to that end to 
l»e passed at tiu- Buffalo meeting of the A. A. A. S. 
Tlu' reunion of this congress, which occurred in Paris, in 1S7S, 
was so far due to his skillful efforts that without his aid it could 
not have he.i'u held at that time, though that there would ulti- 
niatelv have been called together such a cctngress sooner or later, 
no one doulits. The first suguestion was made liy Hr. Hunt, 
even if we accept the date at which Prof. Capellini. of I>ologna, 
claims that lu' imule a similar i)roposi1ion not knowing of the 
earlier one. but even after the proposal had been accei)ted by the 
American Association, and a committee appointed, the enterprise 
would have lieeii relegateil to the dust hole of so many of its 
magnificent uncompleted plans. l)ut for the tact, skill and perse- 
