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270 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN
3.
Since tbe preamble to the foregoing Notes was originally
drafted, the writer has observed with great pleasure that
Canada, by means of her capable and experienced officials,
like the veteran Prof. John Macoun and son, Mr. William
Ogilvie, tbe brothers Tyrrell, and others of the Dominion
Geological Survey: by zealous missionaries like the Rev.
Father Morice, O. M. I., of Stuart Lake, British Columbia,
and the Rev. Mr. ( now Bishop) Stringer, C. M. S., formerly
of Ilerschell Island, and now of Dawson City, Yukon;
and by other naturalists, like the accomplished Mr. Ernest
Thompson Seton, and Mr. Raine, of Toronto, has already
accomplished a good deal in the very desirable direction
therein indicated. The lamented death of Doctor George
Mercer Dawson, Director- General of the Geological Survey,
however, was a distinct loss to science and his country; but
he has been succeeded fortunately by the clever and well-in
formed Dr. Robert Bell, who will probably spare no possible
efforts in continuing the good work performed by his
able predecessors in office, Sir William Logan, Doctor
Selwyn, and Doctor Dawson. I am also glad to see that
American naturalists have again come forward to do their
good share in the premises. Prof. C. C. Nutting, Doctor
Smith, and Doctor Frank Russell ( especially the latter, who
spent one winter at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan, and another
in the Mackenzie River District) have done much in
furthering the interests of science and the State University
of Iowa; while the brothers Preble, of the U . S. Biological
Survey at Washington, have made an interesting summer
journey to the shores of Hudson Bay, and they have also
during the years 1903 and 1904, obtained splendid results
in the Mackenzie River District. Robert Kennicott
was there from 1859 to 1862 and thereby
rendered invaluable service in the elucidation of obscure
points, as well as in collecting new material toward the
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| OCR | 270 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIN 3. Since tbe preamble to the foregoing Notes was originally drafted, the writer has observed with great pleasure that Canada, by means of her capable and experienced officials, like the veteran Prof. John Macoun and son, Mr. William Ogilvie, tbe brothers Tyrrell, and others of the Dominion Geological Survey: by zealous missionaries like the Rev. Father Morice, O. M. I., of Stuart Lake, British Columbia, and the Rev. Mr. ( now Bishop) Stringer, C. M. S., formerly of Ilerschell Island, and now of Dawson City, Yukon; and by other naturalists, like the accomplished Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton, and Mr. Raine, of Toronto, has already accomplished a good deal in the very desirable direction therein indicated. The lamented death of Doctor George Mercer Dawson, Director- General of the Geological Survey, however, was a distinct loss to science and his country; but he has been succeeded fortunately by the clever and well-in formed Dr. Robert Bell, who will probably spare no possible efforts in continuing the good work performed by his able predecessors in office, Sir William Logan, Doctor Selwyn, and Doctor Dawson. I am also glad to see that American naturalists have again come forward to do their good share in the premises. Prof. C. C. Nutting, Doctor Smith, and Doctor Frank Russell ( especially the latter, who spent one winter at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan, and another in the Mackenzie River District) have done much in furthering the interests of science and the State University of Iowa; while the brothers Preble, of the U . S. Biological Survey at Washington, have made an interesting summer journey to the shores of Hudson Bay, and they have also during the years 1903 and 1904, obtained splendid results in the Mackenzie River District. Robert Kennicott was there from 1859 to 1862 and thereby rendered invaluable service in the elucidation of obscure points, as well as in collecting new material toward the |
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