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of the battles of our great British chief, Caractaciis,* and in unravelling the 

 a.^e of those Silurian rocks in which he made the chief defences of his own 

 kingdom, so I can now bring back to my imagination how the legions of 

 Ostorius were reinforced from that Uriconium which has just been disinterred 

 from its earthy covering by the zealous labours of the enlightened antiquary 

 Wright, now a Secretary of this Section. 



In this manner we see, that as our inquiries necessarily stimulate us on the 

 one hand to recede to the very earliest traces of man upon the globe, so, on 

 the other, we are led on into that department of art and archaeology which 

 connects the present with the past, and are thus enabled to offer to the con- 

 sideration of our associates and auditors subjects of prevailing and universal 

 interest — subjects which will, I doubt not, be handled with redoubled zest, 

 now that we are again happily met together for the third time in this very 

 ancient seat of learning. 



In conclusion. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have now only to congratulate you 

 on the recent rapid extension of geographical science throughout the enlight- 

 ened classes of our countrymen. Brought up with a jirofound reverence for 

 the works of God, and a due admiration of the finest efforts of man, those sons 

 of our gracious Sovereign who are of sufficient age to profit by extensive travel 

 are already proving that, in their spirit of adventure, they are true Englishmen. 

 The heir to the Crown, after rambles in our Scottish Highlands and travels on 

 the Continent, is about to quit this his Alma Mater, and, to the great joy of our 

 colonists, to visit North America, and there rivet still more strongly the link 

 which binds the loyal people of those provinces to the mother country ; 

 whilst Prince Alfred, after cruising in the Mediterranean, is now sailing across 

 the Southern Atlantic to Bahia, not without having on his way ascended to 

 the summit of the Peak of Teneriffe. The willing co-operation of the last 

 and present President f of the Koyal Geographical Society demonstrates that 

 our nobility are as much alive to the vast importance of our subject as the 

 middle classes of the community. On my own part, having laboured zealously 

 in diffusing geographical knowledge among my countrymen, I can give you 

 no stronger proof of my satisfaction than by declaring that my gratifica- 

 tion is now complete in seeing that this Section is second in popularity and 

 utility to no branch of the British Association. 



The Bishop of Oxford, in an eloquent speech, moved. That the Address 

 be printed ; and the motion, having been seconded by Admiral FitzKoy, was 

 adopted by the Section. 



* See the Preface to the * Silurian System.' 



t Earl de Grey and Ripen, and Lord Ashburton. 



