12 Die ^ilin-r(C((ll (jioUxjlst. .iMiiiian, 18'.« 
Logan. Mere of tlic opinion that the (liven ^loiintain range in 
Canada was alteixvl paleozoic. Hunt was privately eonvineed of 
the trntli of the eonelusions di-awn liy Maefarlane ^V: Higsl)y in 
]S(')2-(i;!. and though for several years he conld not state his 
change of view in the oltieial pnldications of the Canada (Jeologi- 
cal Snrvey. lie nnuouneed it in 1S7(I. and addeil additi(»nal rea- 
sons in its snpport. J)r. Ilnnt litis given a sketch of this t'pisode 
in the Amkhican ( Jkolooist. [Ceological histoiy of the (^nebec 
group, vol. V. p. 212. 1800.1 
'Phis conversion made hiin an active partisan of the pre- 
Camlirian i)arty in similar controversies in other countries, and 
hronght him in contact with l>r. Hicks. who in ISCT, in collaliora- 
tioii with llarkness. published his reasons for differing from the 
opinion of De La Heche, .^Llrchison and llamstiy. that the 
crystalline schists of north and south \\'ales were altered Cam- 
brian, llicks finally announced in 1877 that they belonged to 
two unconformaI)le series of different geological ages, but liotli 
older than the oldest Camlii'ian. Tn 1S7S Iir. Hunt. Prof. 
Hughes, of Camliridge. I'rof. Torell and others, visited the 
localitii's in Anglesey and Carnarvonshire, and confirmed ])r. 
Hick's conclusions. The history of this coiilroversy lu'tween the 
ofticial gi'oiogists of the Hritish (Geological Survey and Dr. Hicks, 
and ultimately the eoini)lete triumph of the latter, are matters of 
recent occurrence. Hr. Hunt lent valiuilile assistance to his 
Welsh friend besides finding a confirmation ot his own conclu- 
sions as to the pre-Cambrian chtiracter of like American series in 
this analoii'ous discover\' across the sea. 
One of the secrets of ]>i-. Hunt's success was his iiidefaligalile 
industry. He rarely made notes in the field, but on leturning 
from a lonu and arduous day's tram[) through the mountains 
retired to his i-ooin after the evening meal and wrote down the 
results of the day's work; thus spaiing himself many an erasure 
of opinions expressed in the morning which further oliservation 
in the afternoon served to refute. Tliis laboi' would often occupy 
him far into the night, but he never omitted it. and his thus 
thoughtfully compiled, notes often became without change, parts 
of his permanent woi'ks. 
He was one of the few iireat observers who was also a u'lvat 
