202 Dr. K. A. Gromvall — Bimyodon in British Mesozoic Rocks.. 



about that those who cultivate science are perhaps the most cosmo- 

 politan men in our modern world. They come from all corners of 

 the globe to organise themselves in congresses for the purpose of 

 discussing and promoting the subjects in which they have a common 

 intei'est and in regard to which they can render each other mutual 

 assistance. Their learned societies and academies rival each other 

 in their generous recognition of the labours of foreign fellow- 

 workers. If the Academie des Sciences in Paris inscribes in its 

 roll of honour, as correspondents and associates, the names of the 

 most distinguished men of science of all countries, the Ro^'al Society 

 of Loudon does not lag behind in the choice of its foreign members 

 and in the bestowal of its medals without respect of nationalit}'. 



Hence there cannot be any doubt that the desire to draw together 

 the cultivated society of France and Great Britain in friendly and 

 personal relations (which is the aim of the "Alliance Frauco- 

 Britannique, litteraire, scientifique, et artistique ") has already long 

 ago been accomplished by men of science. If these men on the two 

 sides of the Channel are rivals, it is in the warfare against ignorance 

 and in the noble task of building the vast temple of science which 

 by their joint labours and those of their associates in other lands 

 is slowly but surely rising in the midst of mankind. 



Seeing, then, that as men of science we have experienced the 

 inspiration and the pleasure of mutual co-operation with our fellow- 

 labourers abroad in the same pursuits, we welcome with the heartiest 

 cordiality the establishment and growth of sympathy and friendship 

 between the peoples of France and of Great Britain. Most sincerely 

 do we hope that the same spirit of mutual respect and active 

 brotherhood which has so long reigned in the scientific world 

 may spread through all ranks of society, until the two united 

 nations shall be able to speak to the world with one single voice 

 in the cause of liberty, of progress, and of peace. 



To render even a feeble service towards the promotion of this 

 great international movement of our time must be regarded as at 

 once a duty and a pleasure. For myself, I am proud that permission 

 has been granted to me to speak in behalf of such a cause in the 

 balls of the Sorbonne, for so many centuries a favourite home of 

 Philosophy and Science, and I am happy to avail myself of this 

 opportunity of offering my tribute to the memory of the illustrious 

 men who within these walls have created one of the intellectual 

 centres of the world and have linked mankind together in ties of 

 gratitude and admiration for the genius of France. 



II. — On the Occuruenck of the Genus Bimyodox, Mdn.-Chalm., 



IN THE MeSOZOIO KoCKS OF GrEAT BrITAIN. 

 By Dr. K. A. Grcjnwall, of the Geological Survey of Denmark, Copenhagen. 



WHEN looking through the number of the Quarterly Journal 

 of the Geological Society for August, 1905, I saw the paper 

 by Mr. Eichardson on the Rhcetic deposits of Glamorganshire and 

 his figure of Flicatula intusstriata, Emmr. At the first glance it 



