44 The American Geologist. Jaly,i89i 
a long life combine to render him familiar and memorable to 
all who shared his enthusiasm. To his labor science owes the 
firm establishment of the doctrine of the antiquity of man on 
a base which can never again be shaken. He went through 
the storm that assailed him and his fellow workers when they 
announced their then unpopular doctrine, and lived to see the 
opposition dwindle down till it has now almost disappeared, 
except where thought and reason do not hold sway. Hours 
spent daily in Kent's cavern for thirteen years are commemo- 
rated by hundreds of boxes in his house, "Larnorna," Torqua}\ 
and piles of specimens exhibited in cases of the museum in 
the town. But to the scientific world outside, his elaborate 
yearly reports to the B. A. A. S. will form his monument, 
"more lasting than brass." e. w. c. 
The Columbian Exposition. 
Exhibits of the Geology of Camilla. 
Besides the Geological Survey exhibit of minerals, rocks, 
fossils, precious stones, and building materials, all of which 
were from the Dominion as a whole, there were separate ex- 
hibits from Canada representing the resources of British 
Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, New 
Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Each province had its mineral 
exhibit by itself, whilst the Dominion Geological Survey oc- 
cupied a limited amount of space not far from the other 
Canadian products of the mine. There was exhibited, on be- 
half of the Government Survey, an extensive series of rock 
specimens illustrating the lithological characters of the Lau- 
rentian, Huronian and subsequent systems down to Post-Ter- 
tiary and recent deposits. There were no less than 1,411 
rock specimens properly labelled, described and catalogued, 
giving an excellent Opportunity to see the nature of the for- 
mations from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the interna- 
tional boundary line to the Arctic ocean. 
The paheontological collection consisted of 2.446 specimens 
of fossils, representing nearly seven hundred genera. These 
were classified both chronologically and zoologically, and 
formed an attractive as well as interesting exhibit, by far the 
most extensive and comprehensive collection of fossil remains 
in the Mining building. The specimens were exhibited in 
neat hardwood and glass cases, which we understand are to 
