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collating some hundred parish maps of many different scales ; this 

 was done at his own cost and under his own immediate revision. 

 Topographically considered even, the map is a work of great 

 usefulness. 



About 1863 his summer trip was spent in the Snowdon district, 

 and he has more than once related to us how, when he was hammer^ 

 ing out fossils near the top of Snowdon, he was accosted by the 

 Duke of Edinburgh, who happened to be making the ascent, and 

 asked him what he was looking for, and whom he at once initiated 

 into the delights of his own favourite science. 



In 1864 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, 

 in recognition of his valuable geological surveys. 



His discoveries and expositions to the Geological Section of our 

 Society will be in the remembrance of many. 



In 1852 he was elected one of the Trustees of the Bristol 

 Charities, and as such he continued to serve till his resignation in 

 the summer of 1875 through failing health; he devoted himself 

 with great zeal to the work, taking especial interest in the 

 educational foundations. 



In 1865 he became a Director of the Bristol Water Works Com- 

 pany, and continued one till the end. From 1838 he had been 

 one of the Directors of the Savings' Bank, of which his father was 

 one of the chief originators. 



As a private friend his loss is mourned by many. To local 

 students of science it is no less a grievous one. One trait of his 

 character was his great modesty; although his local geological 

 knowlege was so profound, he always listened with interest to the 

 questions of beginners, and made them almost feel that they were 

 supplying him with information, while he was gradually removing 

 their difficulties. Other pages of this volume bear witness to the 



sorrow of the members at his decease , 



E. B. T, 



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