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year, and the acquaintance then commenced had continued with- 
out interruption down to the time of Mr. Moore’s death. He 
looked back with pardonable pride on the friendship of such a 
man, and he could not but express his profound admiration of the 
work he had accomplished, in the face of much bodily infirmity, 
during the many years he had been connected with that Club. 
The paper of all others which had naturally most interested him 
was that on The Abnormal Secondary Deposits, and he could bear 
unqualified testimony to the painstaking way in which Mr. Moore 
had carried out this and all his work. In geologising over the 
same ground in after years, he (Mr. McMurtrie) had often come 
across features which struck him as new, but when he referred to 
Moore’s papers he generally found tat they had all been placed 
on record. The instance mentioned by Mr. Winwood, in which 
the early discoveries of Mr. Moore respecting the Rhetic forma- 
tion and other matters had been steadily opposed by the geological 
survey until they had borne down all opposition, was much to 
their discredit ; but they could now look back on this with satisfac- 
tion, for the truth had ultimately prevailed. Another point with 
which he had always been impressed was the infinite patience, 
perseverance and skill with which Moore had worked out his speci- 
mens, laying bare their most minute features in a wonderful way. 
Mr. McMurtrie hoped that the paper would not only be printed, 
but that, as they were well off for funds, one or two character- 
istic specimens illustrative of Moore’s greatest discoveries would 
accompany the memoir. Col. Chandler seconded the proposition, 
and it was carried with acclamation. Mr. Winwood, in reply, 
said he hoped the members of the Club, or anyone acquainted 
with Mr. Moore, would communicate any further information 
- regarding his life and work, so that the paper might be made as 
complete and correct as possible. 
The attendances have been up to the average, but only on one 
occasion sufficiently large to render the Lecture Hall necessary, so 
that the Conversation Room has been found to afford sufficient, 
