238 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Shore. These papers include: (1) “The genesis of the Boston 
Basin and its rock formation,” in which for the first time the 
importance of the antecedent chemical decay of the older rocks in 
explaining the origin of the conglomerates and slates is adequately 
recognized. (2) “The Indian pot holes or giant’s kettles of foreign 
writers ”, a carefully illustrated and in every way admirable account 
of the most interesting group of glacial pot holes yet discovered 
in this region. (3) The chapter on the geology of Hingham pre¬ 
pared for the town history. This was by far his most important 
study, and it was my good fortune to be intimately associated with 
him in this work, which extended over a period of half a dozen 
years. In this way was gathered the chief part of the material for 
Part 2 of my work on the geology of the Boston Basin, in the 
introduction to which I have stated: “ In my work on the geology 
of Hingham I have been greatly assisted in various ways by Mr. 
T. T. Bouve. In fact, we have traversed a large part of the ground 
together, have compared notes at nearly every step, and have dis¬ 
cussed together all the interpretations of the facts occurring to 
either. I thus find myself wholly unable to determine in all cases 
what part of the work is really my own; but gratefully acknowledge 
my indebtedness to Mr. Bouve for ideas as well as material assis¬ 
tance. in the field-work.” 
I have never found field-work more enjoyable or profitable ; and, 
as in the Museum, I was deeply impressed by Mr. Bouve’s unselfish 
singleness of purpose, his high appreciation of the educational value 
of the local geology, and his painstaking thoroughness. lie labored, 
not for fame, but for the advancement of the community in which he 
lived. He never counted time or strength while there seemed to be 
any possibility of verifying a fact or testing a conclusion ; and in 
this contribution to the town history he realized in gratifying 
measure his ideal, which was not merely to set forth the geologic 
structure of the town, but to show his fellow townspeople that in its 
geological history Hingham is in a large degree an epitome of the 
world, and that within the narrow limits of the town are presented 
problems as stupendous and full of interest as any that have ever 
engaged the attention of geologists. 
The part of this work relating to the surface geology or drift 
phenomena was subsequently amplified and published as a separate 
paper in the Proceedings of the Society. Not content with giving 
to Hingham and the world the intellectual results of his labors, 
