XXXIV BULLETIN NO. 23, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



the chalk, greeusand, oolite, lias, kuyper, and bunter. At Hull the an- 

 nual meeting of the British Association was convened, Mr. Hopkins, the 

 geologist, presiding. Here he met many friends ; among them was the 

 Eev. Mr. Scoresby, so well known for his Arctic voyages and his dis- 

 coveries in magnetism, whom he had entertained when in Philadelphia, 

 six years previously. 



At the dinner table Dr. Lea found Eev. Mr. Sedgwick and Dr. 

 Daubeny. At the section on geology Professor Phillips lectured on 

 the geology of York in a very able manner, and much discussion took 

 place, Mr. Sedgwick being m the chair. Dr. Lea found Mr. Sedgwick 

 a good deal changed, but occasionally he showed his former vivacity and 

 brillianc3\ Mr. Charlesworth read his paper on fossil sponges, which 

 was much commented upon. Professor Strickland, who had succeeded 

 Dr. Buckland, in Oxford, as the lecturer on geology, invited Dr. Lea to 

 dine with the Eed Lion Club, a very select society, which met every year, 

 at the time and i)lace of the meeting of the British Association, and every 

 third Monday in London. No one could be a member who had not written 

 an important scientific paper. At the meeting of the- section Dr. Lea 

 saw Professor Johnston, author of Agricultural Chemistry, whom he 

 had met in Philadelphia, Professor Harkness, and other friends. After- 

 wards, at the dinner at the Eed Lion Club, where, being a stranger, he 

 was received with honors, he had the pleasure of meeting Gould (the 

 ornithologist), Latham, McAudrews, Eedfern, and others, whose ac- 

 quaintance he was glad to make. The dinner was well served, and Dr. 

 Lankaster, x^residing, kept the members in good humor by his wit. 

 After the Queen's health was drunk Dr. Lea was complimented and 

 had to make an acknowledgment. Professor Johnston related to the 

 club that "on his arriving at Philadelphia, he had called on Professor 

 Hare, who invited him to the meeting of the Wistar Association,* where 

 he met about two hundred gentlemen, and was introduced to the best 

 science of the city. Here Dr. Hare introduced him to Dr. Lea, and he 

 had been entertained by him." Having stated so much. Dr. Lea was 

 induced to give an account of the Wistar Association, so well known in 

 the United States. Dr. Lea was at a breakfast given by Mr. Frost, 

 president of the local committee. Here he fouud the Eev. Dr. Scoresby 

 and wife; Mr. Jordan, the former editor of the London Literary Gazette; 

 S. Warren, esq., so well known as a writer; Sir William Hamilton, Mr. 

 Stokes, the astronomer of Cambridge; and many other distinguished 

 meu. At a meeting of the geological section, where the Eev. Mr. Sedg 

 wick presided. Dr. Lea was on the platform with him and Mr. Strick 

 land. A young man, unknown to either of them, was prepared to reac 

 a descrii)tion of the gold mines in Australia. He had not proceeded 

 long before Dr. Lea saw Professor Sedgwick showing signs of restless- 

 ness. 



* The Wistar Associatiou was formed only of tlie members of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society. 



