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these rocks, but has added to our knowledge of the glacial phenomena of his 

 country, and of recent years especially has been attracted by the fascinating task of 

 accounting for many of its sm'face-features. 



The reception of the Medal by you, Sir, on Dr. Reusch's behalf but partially 

 diminishes our regret at his absence this day. In conveying the Medal to him, Avill 

 you at the same time convey the good wishes of the many workers in this country 

 who are glad to number him among their friends. 



Sir Archibald Geikie, in reply, said : — 



Mr. President, — It gives me great pleasure to be the medium of transmitting the 

 Lyell Medal to my old friend Dr. Hans Eeusch. No one who is familiar with the 

 progress of geology in Scandinavia during the last quarter of a century can have 

 the least hesitation in cordially approving the action of the Council in conferring this 

 distinction upon him. He has thrown light on the oldest rocks of Norway and on 

 the problems of metamorphism, and he has included the youngest geological 

 phenomena within his ken. Having had the advantage of mating traverses of his 

 ground with him in the north of Norway, I can bear witness to his keen powers of 

 observation, and to the enthusiasm with which he employs them. We may hope 

 that many years of active work are still in store for him, to the great advantage of 

 our science. Dr. Eeusch, in asking me to receive the Medal on his behalf, has 

 enclosed a few words of acknowledgment, which I will now read : — 



" It is to me a great and unexpected pleasure to receive the Lyell Medal from the 

 Council of a Society so celebrated throughout the scientific world. 



" It is the case with me, as with so many others, that the name of LyeH is allied 

 with our earliest interest in the science dear to us all. I remember well, though 

 I have not seen it for a good many years, the old copy of the first German translation 

 of the 'Principles,' borrowed, when I was a boy, from the Museum in my native 

 town of Bergen, and how I read in it with wonder of the evolution of the very earth 

 that we are wandering upon. 



" In later years, during the ' seventies,' when I was a student, the stout volumes 

 of the ' Quarterly Journal ' in the University Library in Christiania were always of 

 the greatest interest to me, as they appeared year by year ; and it was a memorable 

 day of joy to me when the news arrived that I had myself the honour of being elected 

 a Member of the Geological Society. 



" My work in the days left to me will be, I hope, in my native land of Norway. 

 As your Society embraces the whole world in its smwey of our science, it is my hope 

 that such small sparks of truth as I may be able to add to what is known of the 

 geology of Norway may be of some small interest to your Members. I return my 

 heartiest thanks to the Council of the Geological Society for the great and undeserved 

 honour which they have bestowed upon me." 



The President, in presenting the Bigsby Medal to Professor 

 John Walter Gregory, D.Sc, F.R.S., addressed him in the following 

 words : — 



Professor Gregory, — The Bigsby Medal is awarded to you, as an acknowledgment 

 of your eminent services to Geology, the result of work carried on in many parts of 

 the world. 



The founder of this Medal was himself a traveller. In the preface to his book 

 "The Shoe and Canoe," he tells us that he spent six happy years wandering over 

 the greater portion of the Canadas. He also did good service by his work in the 

 study, as shown by his "Thesaurus Siluricus" and "Thesaurus Devonico-Car- 

 boniferous." Could he extend his hand across the gulf, I feel that he would give 

 a warm welcome to one who has earned this award by work in the study and the 

 museum, and by explorations carried out in many lands, exposed at times to the 

 scorching sun of Africa, at others to the icy blast of Arctic climes. 



Worthy indeed are you to receive this Medal, which in the terms of the Bequest is 

 to be awarded "as an acknowledgment of eminent services in any department of 

 Geology," for we acknowledge your services in all departments of that science. 



Professor Gregory replied as follows : — 



Mr. President, — It is impossible adequately to express my thanks to the Council 

 for the honour of this award, and to you, Sir, for the very kind words with which 



