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Mr. CAPRON, to whom Mr. Scott had alluded as having a collec- 
tion of geological specimens from the Sussex Chalk equal to the one in 
the Brighton Museum, next spoke. He said that his collection was not 
equal to Mr, Willett’s, although he believed it was second to it. He 
had been induced to give his attention to the matter solely by Mr. 
Willett, whose collection he had previously inspected, and Mr. Willett 
_ had handed over to him the pits he had been in the habit of exploring 
on the condition that he should treat the men who worked them in the 
same manner as he had been in the habit of doing. He had been in 
the habit of going round the pits once a month, the men saving the 
fossils for him, and whether there were any good specimens or not, he 
had paid them the same. If he found more specimens than one of the 
same kind, he left them in the pit for the good of others, as the value 
of a collection did not depend upon multiplying specimens of one 
kind. By visiting the pits once a month he had got a collection which 
was far superior to almost any collection but that of Dr. Mantell. 
Mr. Willett had, however, always behaved fairly to the labourers, 
and when he had obtained good and rare specimens from them he paid 
them well for it, and they would find it best to always behave fairly to 
the men, who would then treat them in the same manner (hear, hear). 
Mr. CAPRON then described at some length how two pieces of a 
very rare specimen of a reptile, Longicolles, had come into his 
possession at different times but which appeared to be different parts of 
the same reptile ; however, he was not quite sure of i it, so he had given 
the portion obtained last to the Brighton Museum, 
‘Mr. DENNET remarked that he had recently, when visiting the 
South Wealden Boring, seen the same sort of clay brought up from a 
depth of 480 feet as he had seen on the beach at Boulogne. He 
advocated a system of exchanges between this museum and the 
museums of other countries. : 
Mr. Wonror pointed out how much good might be done if the 
members would, when out for their summer holidays, bring home 
specimens from the places which they visited. 
Mr. CAPRON said that many specimens might be found in the red 
chalk of Hunstanton and Yorkshire which were not found in Sussex. 
Yorkshire was especially rich in sponges. 
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Mr. Scort, in concluding the discussion, replied to some remarks 
that had been made, and said that they now had many workers in 
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