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SiGNOR Felice Giordano, Director of the Geological Survey of Italy, 
died 16tli of July, 1893, at Vallombrosa, a summer resort in the Tuscany 
Apennines, where he was spending his vacation for his health, much 
impaired two years previously by a very severe attack of influenza. He 
fell into a deep ravine, and was found dead. Giordano, in his journey 
round the world, 1872-74, visited extensively the United States and 
Mexico, stopping first in California, and then crossing over by the Great 
Salt lake, to the Mississippi valley. He passed one week in September, 
1874, at Cambridge, with his old friend Jules Marcou. At New York 
Mr. S. F. Emmons showed him all the works and collections made by 
the survey directed by Clarence King, and ever since Giordano kept an 
excellent remembrance of Mr. Emmons, asking often about him and his 
new works. 
Extremely modest, very learned, Giordano published from 18G4 to 
1892 forty-five papers on geology, mining industry, and his voyages to 
Borneo and in Southern Asia. With his friend Quintino Sella, he made 
the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn (Monte Cervino), from the 
Italian side of the Alps, in September, 1868, only two days after Tyn- 
dalTs ascent from the Valais side. 
Giordano was Chief Inspector of the Mining Engineer corps of Italy, 
and the head of the corps ; he was also the first Director of the "Service 
de la Carte G^ologlque" at Rome. He has been succeeded by Signor 
Niccolo Pellati, as Director and chief of the "Real Corpo delle Miniere," 
J. M. 
J. J. CoLLENOT, a well known French geologist and paleontologist of 
Semur, Cote-d'or, died during the fall of 1892. His very large and fine 
collection of Jurassic fossils, more especially of the Lias, attracted to 
Semur many geologists, among them the great paleontologist Alcide D'Or- 
bigny, who took Semur (Sincmuria in Latin) for his typical locality of 
the Lower Lias, called by him Siiiemurian. ]\Iany of the Liassic fossils 
bear the name of CoUcnottii, in honor of Monsieur Collenot, who pub- 
lished a remarkable geological description of the vicinity of Semur, near 
Dijon. 
Collenot was a successful public notary, who retired from public life 
with a handsome competency, which allowed him to pursue his geologi- 
cal researches. His collection was thrown open to every observer, and 
he received in the most friendly and hospitable way all geologists, more 
especially foreigners, for he used to say: "Farther distance from which 
a geologist comes to see me, the more I must try to please him." Be- 
sides loading him with fine fossil specimens, he treated his visitors to 
the best of Burgundy wines. Professor Alpheus Hyatt, of Cambridge, 
always remembers and speaks with enthusiasm of the cordial reception 
and treatment of Collenot, when he visited him in the seventies. 
J. M. 
