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of Science. He urged strongly the necessity of 

 placing the lay teacher on the same pecuniary 

 level as the clergy. Moreover, he made a vigorous 

 attempt to have truly scientific presidents of the 

 Royal Society, and not only noblemen of high and 

 royal standing. The Queen honoured Lyell with 

 her regard, and Prince Albert used to get him to 

 talk about America and the Americans, listening 

 always with great interest. He was knighted for 

 his distinguished services to science, and the con- 

 ferring of this dignity pleased the whole scientific 

 world. 



In 1849 Sir Charles Lyell was re-elected pre- 

 sident of the Geological Society, and the Archbishop 

 of Canterbury, Dr. Sumner, attended at the annual 

 dinner given on the occasion. After the expiration 

 of his presidency, Lyell again went to the United 

 States, and, returning, visited Teneriffe, the Grand 

 Canary, and Palma, arriving in England in 1854. 



In 1855 ^^^ the two following years Sir Charles 

 and Lady Lyell travelled much on the continent, 

 and always with a view of studying existing nature 

 so as to comprehend the past. He was gratified by 

 finding that most of the rising teachers in Germany 

 were using his books as text books for their lectures^ 

 and that the doctrines of Hutton he had elaborated 

 were so much appreciated. In Switzerland, Lyell 

 interested himself more than ever about the great 

 remains of former ice action on the rocks. He was 

 at one time disposed to believe that certain masses 

 of mud containing angular stones, derived from a 



