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"To Joseph Wright, Esq., f.g.s." 

 "Dear Sir, 



" We, your fellow members of the Belfast 

 Naturalists' Field Club, sincerely and earnestly desire to con- 

 gratulate you upon the distinguished honor conferred on you 

 by Her Majesty's Government in awarding you a grant of ^"150 

 from Her Majesty's Royal bounty, in recognition of the very 

 valuable services you have rendered to science by your laborious 

 and long continued original researches into the Palaeontology 

 of the Carboniferous, Liassic, Cietaceous, and Tertiary rocks of 

 Ireland ; more especially your investigation into the Microzoa 

 of the Secondary, Tertiary, and recent deposits. 



This distinction is of the greatest satisfaction to your 

 numerous scientific and private friends, and it emphasises the 

 honour done you a short time ago by the Geological Society of 

 London. This, the parent, and still the most distinguished 

 geological society in the world, selected you, as a distinguished 

 Irish geologist, to receive one of the highest recognitions of 

 unaided service it is in the power of that society to bestow — 

 namely, a grant from " The Jamison Barlow Fund," which was 

 established for the advancement of geological science. 



After a prolonged and very cordial companionship, in some 

 cases extending for a period of over 30 years, we have had 

 ample opportunities of observing your earnestness, perseverance, 

 and zeal in the prosecution of your favourite scientific studies, 

 and the readiness with which you have placed the results at 

 the disposal of others. 



We have profited by your teaching in the lecture room, and 

 in the field, and we have always found you a careful and 

 efficient guide, a ready helper in our difficulties, and a most 

 generous, courteous, and amiable companion. 



We, therefore, rejoice to learn of the distinguished position 

 you have attained among the geologists of our times, and we 

 earnestly hope you may be spared in health and vigour to con- 

 tinue your studies for many years to come, and still further 



