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peculiar jerky manner. He was considered to be one of the most 

 learned men of his day. 



In Batheaston Church, on the east wall of the north transept, is 

 a tablet with this inscription : — 



Sacred 

 to the beloved and revered memory of 



John Josias Conybeare, M.A., 



Prebendary of York, and for 1 1 years 



the faithful minister of this parish. 



He completed his 45th year on the 10th of June, 1824, 



when he was suddenly seized with a " sickness 



unto death," and expired on the following day. 



" And now, behold, I know that ye all, 



among whom I have gone preaching 



the kingdom of God, 



shall see my face no more." 



For the Lord saith, 



" Surely I come quickly. 



Amen. Even so, come 



Lord Jesus." 



His Works. (Only Geological papers are here noticed.) — Papers 



communicated to the Geological Society : — 



Memoranda relative to Clovely, North Devon. 1 Trans., p. 495. Pub. 1814. 

 Memoranda relative to the Porphyritic veins, &c., of St. Agnes, in 

 Cornwall. 4 Trans., p. 401. Read Dec, 1813. 



Notice of Fossil Shells in the Slate of Tintagel. 4 Trans., p. 424. Eead 

 Dec, 1813. 



On the substances contained in the interior of Chalk Flints. 1 Trans., 

 Ser. ii., p. 422. Read June, 1822. 



A list of his papers communicated to the "Annals of Philosophy" 

 will be found at p. 168 of vol. viii., 1824. 



William Lonsdale. 



The name of William Lonsdale will ever be intimately associated 

 with our Bath Literary and Scientific Institution as the founder of 

 its Geological Museum, and its first honoraiy curator. 



His Family. — His father was William Lonsdale, Esq., a member 

 of the family of Lonsdales which had been for many years connected 

 with Skipton-in Craven, in Yorkshire, and who had married Mary 

 Wagstaffe, daughter of William Wagstaffe, Esq., of Higham Ferrers, 

 in Northamptonshire. By this marriage there were five children. 



