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assistance and friendly aid accorded to me during the past eighteen to twenty years. 

 Not only has he assisted in naming specimens, but he has contributed to science 

 a number of papers and separate monographs devoted to the elucidation of the 

 stnicture aud affinities of new and rare genera and species of fossil fishes from my 

 collection. 



I shall look upon the award not only as bearing the stamp of approval and generous 

 recognition of the Council of the Society for my past services to Palseontological 

 Science, but also as an additional incentive to me to continue with renewed energy 

 those researches the pursuit of which has been to me a labour of love for so many 

 years. It will be not only my aim, but my highest ambition, in the time that yet 

 remains to me, to contribute to our common science results that will be of greater 

 scientific value than anything I have hitherto been able to offer, and to render myself 

 more worthy of the distinction which has been conferred upon me. 



The President in handing the Bigsby Medal (awarded to Professor 

 T. W. Edgevvorth David, B.A., F.G.S.) to Professor J. W. Jiidd, 

 C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., for transmission to the recipient, addressed him 

 in the following words : — Professor Judd, — 



As, after studying under Sir Joseph Prestwich at Oxford, Professor David had the 

 advantage of attending your courses at the Eoyal College of Science, it is fitting that 

 you should receive the Bigsby Medal for him. 



After having engaged in an investigation of the Glacial phenomena of his native 

 district, South "Wales, the results of which were published in our Journal and 

 reprinted by the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, Professor David was appointed to the 

 Geological Survey of New South Wales, and during his nine years' service thereon 

 many reports and maps, as well as independent papers on various branches of our 

 science, show his devotion to his work. 



In 1891, having been made Professor of Geology in the University of Sydney, he 

 threw himself with energy into the work of teaching. 



Among the series of scientific communications from his pen, two must be specially 

 remembered by many of us, namely, his paper on Evidences of Glacial Action in 

 Australia in Permo- Carboniferous Time, ably delivered by himself in this room in 

 1896, and generally thought to be the most convincing on the subject, and lately the 

 equally important paper on the Eadiolarian Cherts of New South Wales, read, in his 

 absence, by Dr. G. J . Hinde. 



Besides so much good work in his own Colony, he has greatly assisted in the 

 investigation of the (Joral-atoll at Funafuti, and it is to his energy and perseverance 

 that the success of this undertaking is largely due. 



The Council of the Geological Society do not forget our Colonial brethren, but 

 delight to honour those who, like Professor David, do good work in om* far-off lands. 



Professor Judd, in reply, said : — Mr. President, — 



On behalf of my friend. Professor Edgeworth David, I thank you for the kindly 

 terms in which you have spoken of his work. Part of that work is known to all 

 Fellows of this Society, by the papers which Professor David has contributed to our 

 Journal. But another, and very large part, is the record of geological studies carried 

 on during the last twenty years in his adopted country — the great Colony of New 

 South Wales. There is, however, one labour of his, which I believe will prove to be 

 of especial importance in advancing Geological Science. I refer to what he has done 

 in connection with the boring of a Coral-atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Three expeditious 

 in successive years have resulted in the carrying down of the boring at Funafuti to 

 the depth of 1,1 14 feet. The leader of the first expedition — Professor SoUas — assures 

 me that he owed much to the aid and good-wiU of Professor David in starting this 

 important enterprise. In the second expedition, Professor David, with his accom- 

 plished and energetic wife, went out to Funafuti, and they were largely instrumental 

 in overcoming the serious difiiculties of the work. The third expedition, in which 

 the triumph of the investigation was finally assured, would probably never have been 

 set on foot but for his indomitable perseverance, and for the tact and the influence 

 ■which Professor David brought to bear on all who could aid in this important under- 

 taking. The last portion of the core obtained by the Funaiuti boring will probably 

 be in this country withiu a few days, aud, from what I have seen of the other parts 



