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perpendicular depth, the torrents having moulded and carved through 
1,000 feet of hard granite and other substances. Of all lessons which 
geology, geography, and the exploration of the world taught them, that 
of the Cafions of the Colorado was, he thought, the greatest exhibited. 
Mr. E. A. PANKHURST illustrated his remarks by diagrams 
hung upon the wall. 
During the evening light refreshments were served in the Drawing 
Room by Mr. E. Booth. 
MARCH 12. 
FIRST MEETING AT THE FREE LIBRARY AND 
MUSEUM.—MR. G. SCOTT “ON THE GEOLOGY OF 
THE BRIGHTON MUSEUM.” 
In welcoming the Society in that room he expressed the feel- 
ing shared by every member of the Town Council. Many had long 
hoped that the time might come when there would be some centre in 
Brighton where science and literature could find an abiding home. He 
sincerely trusted that the Free Library and Museum, voluntarily sup- 
ported by the public, and extending its privileges to all, might become 
that central home, by attracting to it similar Societies. 
It was the very aim of the Free Library and Museum to assist 
in every way such a body as the Natural History Society, the members 
of which, recognising how little the wisest really knew and how much 
the most learned had yet to learn, were engaged in real work and 
earnest study. The Society could look back with satisfaction on 
much good work honestly done ; all remembered many pleasant and 
instructive evenings in the old home, and he hoped and believed that 
under that roof, and surrounded by their growing library, many happy 
and useful years were before the Society in the future. He was also 
sure the public would duly appreciate the boon of having so large a 
number of valuable scientific books placed within their reach for 
reference and study in the Reading-rooms, and that no one in or out 
of the Society would have cause to regret a bargain which had so 
many advantages, including one dear to the legal heart—that of 
mutuality. They would, he knew, excuse these introductory remarks on 
