528 Miscellaneous. 



among these we may mention Edward Forbes and Thomas "Wright, 

 who described several of his specimens in the decades of the 

 Geological Survey. Echinoidea were his greatest love, and those who 

 knew him can well remember the keen pleasure it gave him to handle 

 and describe his treasures, most of which came from Dover. TJntil 

 the last year or two, when increasing infirmity forbade it, he was 

 constantly under the cliffs patiently collecting material during the 

 summer to be worked at during the winter, and might often be 

 encountered with his pockets bulging with fossils and in a state of 

 chalkiness, at once his pride and the astonishment of his friends. 

 Even after his 75th year he eagerly traced the Uintacrinus band 

 along the high ground between Dover and Walmer, visiting every pit 

 and carefully recording on map and notebook his lines and fossils. 

 To know General Cockburn was to love him, and a very great loss 

 has been sustained by all his friends, and especially by those who pen 

 these few words as a tribute to his memory. 



A.W.E. & CD. S. 



DytiscELrj.A.isrEOTJS. 



Thrust and Ckush-beecciation in the Magnesian Limestone, 

 Co. Durham. 



Dr. David Woolacott desires to correct an unfortunate error made 

 in a notice of his paper; see Geol. Mag., October, pp. 469, 470. On 

 line 12 from foot, p. 470, "from 1 ton to 37 tons per square inch" 

 should read " 1 ton to 3"7 tons per square inch." — Edit. Geol. Mag. 



Peofessor W. Boyd Dawkins, D.Sc, F.E.S., F.G.S. 



The resignation of Professor William Boyd Dawkins, M.A., D.Sc, 

 P.E..S., etc., from the Chair of Geology and Palaeontology in the 

 Victoria University of Manchester was announced to take effect in 

 September last, but we now learn that the Chair will not be vacated 

 until September, 1909. 



It was in 1870, after serving for a period of eight years on the 

 Geological Survey of Great Britain, that Mr. Dawkins was appointed 

 Curator of the Manchester Museum and Lecturer in Owens College. 

 Four years later he became Professor. 



In accepting the resignation the Council expressed the great regret 

 its members felt at Professor Dawkins's retirement from a Chair which 

 he has held with such distinction and with such benefit to the College 

 and the TJniversit3\ It was further stated that Professor Dawkins 

 would retain his association with the Manchester Museum, where he 

 had done sucb valuable work, and would also continue the popular 

 lectures and special courses of lectures which have become so widely 

 known. 



