When they are ^one, there would seem be none to succeed 

 them ; for amateurs though they were — in the sense of never 

 Laving been professionally educated in scientific training — yet 

 so well and thoroughly have they done their work, so broadly 

 and surely have they fixed the great jn'inciples of Geologic 

 Science, that to those who come after them it is only left to 

 elaborate the details and fill up the gaps in the cosiiic history, 

 with the main facts and sequence of which we are now familiar. 



No science has ever had a more devoted band of searchers 

 after truth for its own sake than the Science of Geology ; not 

 the mere truth of speculation and theory, but the truth of hard 

 facts. The ground which at present seems to present the most 

 promising field for interesting discovery lies amongst the 

 Quarternary Gravels, and in the beds immediately below them. 

 It is there the traces of the earlier races of men are to be looked 

 for. Evidences bearing on this question are accumulating from 

 many quarters — biit the time would hardly seem to be yet ripe — 

 the facts not yet sufficiently multiplied, to justify generalisations; 

 but wait, work, observe, compare, and before long all that now 

 seems complicated and obscure will be unravelled ; and we shall 

 have the sequence of these later beds and their organic contents 

 as perfectly classified and understood, as any of the earlier and 

 more ancient deposits. 



I will now proceed to recount the proceedings of the Club at 

 its difierent meets. 



THE ANNUAL MEETING 



was held at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Gloucester, on Wednesday, 

 5th April, when between 40 and 50 Members assembled. The 

 officers for the ensuing year were chosen, when you again did 

 me the honour to elect me as your President, with Dr. Weight 

 and Mr. Lucy, as Vice-Presidents, and Dr. Paine as Hon. 

 Secretary. 



The programme for the day embraced a visit to the field near 



BAEBEE'S BEIDGE, AT EUDFOED, 



where from time to time human remains in great quantities 



