I860.] Mr. Pmgelly^ on Devonian Fossils. 263 



suppose a young man settled in a country neighbourhood as a general 

 practitioner. He has, T may also fiiirly suppose, received that amount 

 of mental discipline, which it is difficult in his profession to escape 

 under the expanded system of antecedent and professional education, 

 which he will have undergone. He finds his way into houses, in 

 many of the most respectable of which there dwell those who have 

 enjoyed no such opportunities of mental enlargement, as I may fairly 

 suppose him to have had. While his professional intercourse with 

 society has involved the most confidential relations, yet, when his 

 attendance is concluded, his actual position with respect to it may be 

 one of comparative exclusion." Not, it may be observed, without 

 corresponding loss to society itself, which is interested in obtaining or 

 preserving his services not only as an adviser but also as a friend. 



In conclusion, the speaker reiterated a strong expression of his 

 opinion in favour of increased acquaintance on the part of the public 

 with medical and physiological principles. 



[T. M.] 



WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, 



Friday, May 18, 1860. 



Chables Wheatstone, Esq. F.R.S. Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Professor William Thomson, F.R.S. 

 On Atmospheric Electricity. 



[It is hoped that an Abstract of this Discourse will be given in the next 

 number of these Proceedings.] 



WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, 



Friday, May 25, 1860. 



Sir Roderick I. Murchison, D.C.L. F.R.S. Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



^WiLiJAM Pengelly, Esq. F.G.S. 



On the Devonian Fossils of Devon and Cornwall, tvith special refer- 

 ence to the Collection presented to the Oxford Urdversity Mtiseum, 

 in connexion with the Burdelt- Coutts Geological Scholarship. 



The speaker, in commencing, called attention to the great variety of 

 rock- formations in Devonshire, and stated that, with the doubtful 

 exception of the crystalling schists extending from the Start to the 



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