﻿XXXviii 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [May 
  1 
  897, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Htjdleston, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

   On 
  this 
  occasion 
  my 
  warmest 
  thanks 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  Council, 
  

   on 
  whom 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  awarding 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Medal 
  has 
  this 
  year 
  

   devolved, 
  for 
  their 
  generous 
  interpretation 
  of 
  my 
  past 
  geological 
  

   career. 
  To 
  have 
  received 
  a 
  distinction 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  foremost 
  geologists 
  

   of 
  any 
  country 
  might 
  be 
  proud 
  to 
  accept, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  enrolled 
  in 
  

   that 
  famous 
  band 
  of 
  recipients 
  which 
  is 
  headed 
  by 
  the 
  Father 
  of 
  

   English 
  Geology, 
  is 
  indeed 
  to 
  me 
  an 
  unexpected 
  honour 
  and 
  grati- 
  

   fication. 
  If 
  anything 
  were 
  needed 
  to 
  enhance 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  the 
  

   moment, 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  circumstance 
  that 
  I 
  receive 
  the 
  

   Medal 
  from 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  friend 
  and 
  contemporary, 
  whose 
  

   scientific 
  career 
  possesses 
  so 
  many 
  points 
  of 
  resemblance 
  with 
  my 
  

   own. 
  Eor, 
  if 
  I 
  have 
  done 
  some 
  work 
  in 
  Mesozoic 
  geology, 
  you, 
  Sir, 
  

   are 
  well 
  known, 
  both 
  in 
  Europe 
  and 
  America, 
  for 
  your 
  researches 
  

   among 
  the 
  older 
  Palaeozoic 
  rocks. 
  

  

  This 
  particular 
  award 
  serves 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  researches 
  concerning 
  

   the 
  mineral 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  are 
  not 
  necessarily 
  limited 
  to 
  

   professional 
  enterprise, 
  but 
  that 
  both 
  the 
  Council 
  and 
  the 
  Society 
  are 
  

   ready 
  to 
  recognize 
  the 
  utility 
  of 
  independent 
  work, 
  whether 
  special, 
  

   or 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  general 
  character. 
  Our 
  science 
  has 
  its 
  ramifications 
  

   in 
  so 
  many 
  others, 
  that, 
  whether 
  we 
  consider 
  Geology 
  in 
  its 
  tectonic, 
  

   its 
  petrographical, 
  or 
  its 
  paloeontological 
  aspect, 
  it 
  is 
  incumbent 
  upon 
  

   those 
  who 
  cultivate 
  it 
  to 
  endeavour 
  to 
  acquire, 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  a 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  cognate 
  subjects. 
  Not 
  that 
  I 
  would 
  venture 
  to 
  lay 
  

   claim 
  to 
  the 
  accomplishment 
  of 
  much 
  original 
  work 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   above 
  departments 
  ; 
  although 
  I 
  may 
  have 
  contributed 
  something 
  

   towards 
  a 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  stratigraphy 
  and 
  palaeontology 
  of 
  

   the 
  Jurassic 
  rocks 
  of 
  England, 
  and 
  more 
  especially 
  of 
  my 
  native 
  

   county. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  last 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  century 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  and 
  

   the 
  Geologists' 
  Association 
  have, 
  each 
  of 
  them, 
  afforded 
  me 
  a 
  con- 
  

   genial 
  scientific 
  home. 
  If 
  in 
  that 
  interval 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  my 
  good 
  

   fortune 
  to 
  have 
  furthered 
  the 
  cause 
  which 
  we 
  all 
  have 
  at 
  heart, 
  such 
  

   service 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  than 
  repaid 
  by 
  the 
  benefits 
  derived 
  from 
  

   mutual 
  intercourse. 
  Nor 
  do 
  I 
  forget 
  the 
  advantages 
  afforded 
  by 
  

   my 
  relations 
  with 
  the 
  Palaeontographical 
  Society, 
  whose 
  resources 
  

   have 
  been 
  useful 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  Wollaston 
  medallist. 
  

  

  In 
  offering 
  my 
  thanks 
  once 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  

   Fellows 
  here 
  present 
  for 
  the 
  cordiality 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  Award 
  has 
  

   been 
  received, 
  I 
  may 
  truly 
  say 
  that 
  this 
  Medal 
  will 
  always 
  serve 
  as 
  

  

  