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in the future which is left to me, that little which I shall be able to accomplish may 

 be performed at least somewhat in his spirit, and along those lines which shall retain 

 for me that which I regard as one of the proudest possessions of my scientific life — 

 the sympathy and approbation of the Fellows of this Society. 



The President then presented to the Rev. Norman Glass the 

 second moiety of the Lyell Donation Fund, and addressed him as 

 follows : — 



Mr. Glass, — The Council have awarded to you part of the proceeds of the Lyell 

 Donation Fund in recognition of the valuable aid and services you have rendered iu 

 elucidating the history and internal structure of the British and Foreign Brachiopoda. 

 The generous and talented assistance you have rendered to Mr. Davidson through 

 your method of preparing for observation the interior anatomy of the Brachiopoda, 

 for the publication of his great " Memoir " upon the British Palseozoic Brachiopoda, 

 may, perhaps, only be known to a few ; but those few so highly appreciate your 

 disinterested aid, and the result of yoiu* work as depicted by Mr. Davidson, in the 

 plates of the volumes of the Palseontographical Society, that the universal praise of 

 youi- patience and industry has caused the Council to deem you richly deserving the 

 award they ask you to receive to help you on still more with your valuable work. 



Mr. Glass, in reply, said : — Mr. President, — I need hardly say that I greatly 

 esteem the honour which has been conferred upon me by the Council of this Society. 

 The sense of this honour has been increased by my being associated with those 

 gentlemen whose services to science you have just recognized, and I am more 

 especially gratified in receiving this honour, Sir, from your hands, remembering the 

 kindness and encouragement which I received from yourself and from the late Dr. 

 S. P. "Woodward more than twenty years ago, when 1 first began to take an interest 

 in palaeontology. Of course my work has been subsidiary to that of my honoured 

 friend Mr. Davidson, whose scientific attainments and achievements are well known 

 and esteemed by all who are interested in the study of geology. I have often, no 

 doubt, during the three or four years of my labours with Mr. Davidson tried his 

 patience ; but then he has also sometimes severely tried mine ; for he has persistently 

 demanded proof, and still more proof, long after I have been convinced myself of 

 certain peculiarities of structure. Very naturally, whilst manipulating a specimen, 

 I often arrived at assurance myself before I could make such preparations as would 

 convince an observer who had not been using my process for himself. However, 

 Mr. Davidson's persistent demands for proof have only added to the assm-ed correct- 

 ness of the results obtained. Mr. Davidson I have found in many respects an 

 admirable correspondent. Some of my friends seem to cherish the preposterous idea, 

 that if you will only allow a letter to remain quiet long enough it will answer itself. 

 This, however, is not the principle by which Mr. Davidson acts in his con-espond- 

 ence ; and to the hundreds of communications I have sent to him I have hardly ever 

 failed to receive an answer by return of post. In concluding my remarks I should 

 like to express again the esteem with which I regard the honour which the Council 

 of the Society has been pleased to confer upon me, and the hope I have that, inspired 

 by their kindly recognition, I may do some further service to the science which I 

 love so well. 



The President next presented a portion of the proceeds of the 

 Barlow-Jameson Fund to Baron Constantin von Ettingshausen, 

 Professor of Botany in the University of Graz, Austria, and ad- 

 dressed him as follows : 



Professor von Ettingshausen, — It is with much pleasure that the Council of 

 the Geological Society award to you the proceeds of the B;trlow-Jameson Fund, in 

 recognition of their high appreciation of your valuable contributions to Fossil Botany. 

 Your services to this branch of science consist in the application of your knowledge 

 of Eecent Botany to the investigation of Fossil Plants, your extensive researches 

 into the forms and venation of recent leaves, with the view of discovering characters 

 which would assist in determining the aflinities of the constituents of the Tertiary 

 floras, and the success which has attended your experiments in exposing the remains 

 of plants by freezing water which has been forced, under great pressure, into the 

 matrix. The value of your laboui-s is shown by your numerous memoirs on Fossil 

 Plants, Palaeozoic and Mesozoic, as well as Tertiary, . published during the past 



