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thanks, for diagrams illustrating the Wealden, or the con- 

 tiguous strata. It is not to be forgotten either, that some 

 years ago he devoted a great part of an address before the 

 Geological Society to a detailed exhibition of your discov- 

 eries in the Wealden, and on that occasion he enforced 

 your claims and merits in a spirit and to an extent corre- 

 sponding in some good degree with your own warm-hearted 

 and generous recognition of the claims of your friends and 

 fellow-laborers. I cannot think that you are "without 

 friends and without influence at home," or that your name 

 and fame will not survive your death. You will ever be 

 honored among the founders and expounders of English 

 geology, and among the most skillful commentators upon 

 that of the world, especially in the department of Paleon- 

 tology. 



FROM DK. MANTELL. 



November 29, 1847. 



MY labors are at length at an end ; the Index is printed 

 and corrected ; and, I trust, the " Wonders of Geology " 

 will no more require attention from me. Ere another edi- 

 tion will be wanted, I hope I shall sleep with my fath- 

 ers, and my son Reginald will undertake the editorship. 



Our winter sessions have begun. There have 



been two meetings of the Geological Society ; the first was 

 entirely occupied by a long paper of Professor Owen on 

 some remains of Cuverian pachyderms from the Isle of 

 Wight The second meeting was more interest- 

 ing ; it was on the Geology of Australia ; and one of the 

 most successful explorers of that country, Sir Thomas 

 Mitchell, was present, so that we had an animated discus- 

 sion ; but no new facts were elicited that are worth intro- 

 ducing in a letter. Mr. Lyell was there, and he and I had 

 a good-humored dispute upon some of the subjects under 

 discussion. At the Royal Society, the only incident worth 

 remark is the election of the Duke of Wellington, who was 



