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variety Ch-indrodianus~nnmei in honour of Dr. Grindrod ; while groups of 

 that excessively rare and precious Tribolite, the lately-discovered Deiphon 

 and Staurocephalus, excite the wonder of the Paljeontologist. 



As the Silurian system draws to its close, these crustaceans began rapidly 

 to die out ; of the few that appear in the Ludlow divisions of the formation, 

 admirable remains are to be seen in this collection. Even the Devonian 

 Bystem has afforded a few specimens of Phacops, so named from the extreme 

 beauty of its lensed eyes. 



More space than we can at present afford would be necessary to 

 enumerate at all adequately the other di\'ision3 of this fine Museum. 

 Admirable as is the display of Trilobites, that of the Lower Ludlow Star- fishes, 

 and Dudley limestone Crinoids are equally splendid. Indeed, we can imagine 

 few treats more enviable to the geologist than that of an opportunity of 

 studying at leisure this assemblage of Palreogoric fossils, and, surrounded by 

 them, to acquire an intimacy with the strange and wondrous forms which 

 dwelt upon the shores and beneath the waters of this globe whilst it was 

 passing through one of the first of those measureless epochs by which, as by 

 Buccessive stages, it was being prepared for the habitation of man. 



The collection is, indeed, well worthy of a visit, and was closely examined 

 by the naturalists present. If the rain had not kept them there, the hour of 

 service at the Abbey Church would have done so nevertheless ; and before 

 the time for its conclusion, on the spur of the moment. Dr. "Wright, of 

 Cheltenham, well known as an eminent paleontologist, was specially requested 

 to make some observations explanatory of the collection of Silurian fossUs 

 exhibited by Dr. Grindrod, and said that : 



No one was more taken by surprise than himself at the request now 

 made, but if they would excuse any want of method his remarks might betray, 

 he would without further preface endeavour to give them his passing thoughts 

 on the fine collection of Silurian Kadiata and Crustacea now spread out before 

 them. In fact they were now looking upon the spoils of an old SQurian 

 beach, and Hpon the remains of organisms whose history dated back to the 

 early chapters of the first volume of the great rock book. Had they ever 

 attempted to form an idea of the immensity of the time that separated that 

 era from ours ? Had they ever thought of that immense gulf which was 

 bridged over by the formation of all the rocks deposited between the Silurian 

 and modem times ? If they had not, then the marvel of the collection now 

 laid out before them lost much of its interest, for thousands and hundreds of 

 thousands of years must have rolled away since the organisms now before 

 them had lived and moved and enjoyed existence. When we reflected upon 

 this fact, was it not astonishing to behold how coHservative Nature was of 

 her works? How beautiful these Crinoids, and Star fishes, and Trilobites still 

 remained, after all that lapse of past time ? Some might perchance doubt 

 the high antiquity of the earth, and think this statement the dream of an 



