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scenery, out (with Selwj'ii along the front of Cader Cliffs." He adds : — 

 " Selwyn's work good." Testimony from such a source must have been 

 very gratifying to young Selwyn, who rose step by step and advanced 

 in favour amongst his colleagues and superiors. 



In August, 1847, his work lay in the direction of Festiniog, in 

 which he was associated with Eamsay, Playf air, Jukes and Gibbs. This 

 difficult region offered many problems of economic as ',well as of geolo- 

 gical interest and careful results obtained were discussed on the ground 

 and, incorporated in the classic maps since prepared. The same year 

 Selwyn was at Ciapel Curig, Jukes was transferred to the South Staf- 

 fordshire coalfield, and in writing to Ramsay of Selwyn's work says: — 

 " It so happens that the last time I saw Selwyn, we were mutually wish- 

 ing that you would send us both into Staffordshire together." After 

 leaving Wales the subject of this sketch carried on his investigations in 

 part of Shropshire as far north as the Triassic of Frees. 



The . friendship which had arisen between Jukes and Selwyn in 

 'their joint work in Wales grew as years went on; and in 1848 they 

 communicated a paper to the Geological Society of London giving the 

 results of their investigations in North Wales.^ 



This friendship was kept well alive during all the years that Dr. 

 Selwyn was Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, as many of 

 his colleagues of those years can testify, for, whenever difficult points 

 in the stratigraphy and palseontology of different portions of Canada 

 arose and were discussed in a forceful and masteily but always cour- 

 teous and gentlemanly manner, he was wont to quote the words of his 

 friend Jukes in this fashion : — " As my friend Jukes used to say, " If the 

 palaeontology does not agree wdth the stratigraphy, so much the worse 

 for the fossils.' " 



In 1848 Selwyn's work took him to the Port Madoc and Dolgelly dis- 

 trict of North Wales. There, he and Eamsay pursued their work amid 

 the glorious scenery surrounding the heights of Snowdon and the mag- 

 nificent and view-bedecked viewpoints of the foot ranges. In October 

 of that year considerable discussion arose regarding the structure and 

 succession of Glaslyn, and thither Sir Henry de la Beche, Edjward 

 Forbes and also Eamsay went, to determine if possible the points in 

 question, and to settle them on the spot. Selwyn was at work on the 

 side of the Crib-goch, on the top of a crag, and his well known shrill 

 shout soon reached Eamsay who discovered him, and later in the day 

 they all joined forces, compared notes, and finally put matters straight 

 at Glaslyn. 



* A. R. Selwyn and J. B. Jukes. Sketch of the structure of the country 

 extending from Cader Idris to Moel Siabod, North Wales." Quarterly Journal 

 Geological Society, London, Vol. VI, pp. 300-302, 1848. 



