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Dr. John Evans, F.R.S., said that he was liappy to think that Geolojry had 

 received duo attention from the Members of tlie Society as compared witli other 

 branches of Natural Ilistory, and if anytliing were wanting to induce tlieni to 

 continue their interest in it the suggestions made by Mr. Lobley were likely to 

 conduce to such an object. With regard to the three divisions of geologists 

 pointed out by Mr. Lobley — the Catastrophists, the Uniformitarians, and the 

 Evolutionists— he thought that although there appeared to be a broad distinction 

 in relation to each of these views, and there was such a distinction when they were 

 carried to the extreme, yet all thoughtful geologists would admit that tliere was 

 truth in each of them. The strictest Uniformitarian would admit the possibility 

 of cataclysms and convulsions more intense than those of modern times ; all 

 thoughtful Convulsionists would acknowledge that, given a certain amount of 

 time, a number of comparatively minute convulsions would produce a large eflect ; 

 and the more modern school of Evolutionists would admit that, whatever might 

 be the result of continuous causes bringing in fresh forces, there might at the 

 present day still be signs of the original forces in existence in a greater or less 

 degree. The early history of geological thought which had been alluded to was 

 one of extreme interest, even to those who were not geologists. The description 

 of Pythagoras, as given by Ovid, was one of the most interesting of particular 

 forms of thought that he was acquainted with. In the saying of Pythagoras : 

 " I have seen that which was once sea become land, plains cut through by the 

 action of running water, and mountains carried down to the sea," they had the 

 views of all modern geologists. He could fully endorse Mr. Lobley's views as to 

 the value of scientific terms, for the use of a strict terminology was one of the 

 greatest aids to the advancement of science. 



Remarks were also made by the President and Professor Attfield, 

 and Mr. Lobley replied. 



Oedcnaey MEETiifG, lOth April, 1879. 



J. Gw-YN Jeffreys, Esq., LL.D., F.E.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. George J". Attenbiirrow, Market Place, Hertford ; Mr. 

 William Robert Baker, Bayfordbury, Hertford ; Mr. Herbert 

 Bonsor, Great Cozens, Ware ; Mr. Robert William Brett, Lea Side, 

 Hertford ; Mr. Thomas Stalkartt Carter, Furquhar Cottage, Bengeo ; 

 Mr. George Cooper, Pore Street, Hertford; the Rev. Lewis Deedes, 

 M.A., Bramfield Rectory, Hertford ; Mr. G. Reynolds Durrant, 

 Old Cross, Hertford ; Dr. Joseph Henry Gilbert, P.R.S., F.C.S., 

 Harpenden ; Mr. Henry Gilbertson, Mangrove House, Hertford; 

 Mr. Frank Hall, Fore Street, Hertford ; Mr. Augustus Hawks, 

 Springfield, Hertford ; Mr. H. C. Heard, Hailey Hall, Hertford ; 

 Mr. Joseph Himt, High Street, Ware ; Mrs. Gwyn Jeilreys, Ware 

 Priory; Mr. HoAvel Jeffreys, F.R.A.S., 13, Campden House Road, 

 Kensington, London, W. ; Mr. S. Martin Leake, Marshalls, Ware; 

 Mr. Henry Manser, The Lynch, Hoddesdon ; Dr. William Ogle, 

 M.A., 10, Gordon Street, Gordon Square, London, W.C. ; Mr. 

 Frederick AV. Phillips, Maidenhead Street, Hertford; Mr. Isaac 

 Robinson, The Wash, Hertford ; Mr. Charles Tween, The Her- 

 mitage, Hertford ; Mr. Frank Warner, The Cottage, Hoddesdon ; 

 Dr. William Warrener, Castle Street, Hertford ; Mr. Charles 

 Whitley, Jun., Lord Street, Hoddesdon; Mr. James B. Wohlraann, 

 B.A., Fore Street, Hertford; and Dr. John Woodhouse, St. Andrew's 

 Street, Hertford, were elected Members of the Society. 



