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a note of personal appreciation and gratitude, for, by the 

 death of J. R. Dakyns, I have lost a friend to whom I owe more 

 than can ever be expressed. We became acqiiainted on his 

 first coming into the East Riding, over thirty years ago, while 

 I was still in the rawness of youth, and our companionship 

 from that time onward was constant. He had travelled much 

 in his younger days, in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland ; and 

 not only had he read widely and wisely, but he had also counted 

 among his friends some of the keenest intellects of his time ; 

 so that our converse was indeed to me ' a liberal education.' 



At first, I remember, I was almost alarmed by the sudden 

 fierceness of his denunciation when some act of cruelty or 

 injustice came to his notice, or occasionally, it may be, when I 

 had slid into some crude sophistry or slack logic ; but the 

 storm would pass quickly into sunny tolerance and gentle 

 reprimand ; and the lesson was the more memorable from its 

 vigorousness. His dislike for any inaccuracy of statement 

 was intense, and the pains he constantly took to convey the 

 exact impression of what was in his mind could not fail to 

 have its influence upon any companion. The sincerity and 

 earnestness of his mental attitude was such that no one, and 

 especially no young man, could have the privilege of his friend- 

 ship without benefitting greatly thereby ; and I well know 

 that it was not in my own case alone that this benefit was felt 

 and acknowledged. The full measure of his service to science 

 is not comprised within the limits of his personal achievement ; 

 his influence remains among us in many quarters ; and he has 

 left a lasting memory in the hearts of his friends. 



G. W. Lamplugh. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



The following memoirs contain portions by J. R. Dakyns : — 



1869. — The Carboniferous Limestone, Yoredale Rocks and Mill- 

 stone Grit of North Derbyshire. 



1869. — Part of the Yorkshire Coal Field (Quarter- Sheet 88 SE.). 



1870. — The Carboniferous Rocks north and east of Leeds and the 

 Permian and Triassic Rocks about Tadcaster (Quarter- Sheet 



93 SW.). 



1871. — The Neighbourhood of Dewsbury, Huddersfield and Hali- 

 fax (Quarter Sheet 88 NE.). 



1878. — The Yorkshire Coal Field. 



1879. — The Country between Bradford and Skipton (Quarter-Sheet 

 92 SE.). 



1885. — Bridlington Bay (Quarter-Sheet 94 NE.). 



1886. — The Country around Driffield (Quarter-Sheet 94 N\V.). 



1886. — The Country between York and Hull (Quarter-Sheets 93 SE., 



94 SW., and part of 86). 



1910 Nov. I. 



