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  ANNIVERSARY 
  MEETING 
  MURCHISON 
  MEDAL. 
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  other 
  parts 
  of 
  Devon, 
  over 
  East 
  Somerset, 
  the 
  Bristol 
  Coalfield, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Mendips, 
  to 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Eakenham 
  and 
  the 
  country 
  

   around 
  Norwich 
  (where 
  your 
  grandfather, 
  Samuel 
  Woodward, 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Norfolk 
  Geologist,' 
  laboured 
  so 
  earnestly 
  70 
  years 
  ago), 
  to 
  Essex 
  and 
  

   the 
  neighbouring 
  drift- 
  covered 
  counties 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  Jurassic 
  areas 
  

   of 
  Britain 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Humber 
  to 
  the 
  far-distant 
  Jurassic 
  areas 
  of 
  

   Sutherland 
  and 
  Skye, 
  — 
  all 
  these 
  and 
  more 
  have, 
  in 
  turn, 
  claimed 
  

   your 
  careful 
  attention. 
  Besides 
  your 
  very 
  numerous 
  Survey 
  

   memoirs, 
  maps, 
  and 
  sections, 
  all 
  prepared 
  with 
  much 
  skill, 
  you 
  

   have 
  given 
  us 
  a 
  most 
  helpful 
  work, 
  ' 
  The 
  Geology 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  

   Wales.' 
  When 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Norwich 
  Geological 
  Society, 
  the 
  

   Norfolk 
  Naturalists' 
  Society, 
  and 
  the 
  Geologists' 
  Association, 
  you 
  

   gave 
  important 
  addresses, 
  and 
  you 
  have 
  contributed 
  numerous 
  

   separate 
  geological 
  papers, 
  read 
  here 
  and 
  elsewhere. 
  In 
  addition, 
  

   I 
  must 
  especially 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  ever-ready 
  help 
  which 
  you 
  afford, 
  in 
  

   your 
  office 
  at 
  Jermyn 
  Street 
  (as 
  resident 
  geologist), 
  to 
  all 
  those 
  who 
  

   call 
  upon 
  you 
  for 
  information, 
  help 
  which 
  has 
  rightly 
  earned 
  for 
  you 
  

   & 
  large 
  circle 
  of 
  grateful 
  friends. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Woodward, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

   Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  In 
  thanking 
  you, 
  Sir, 
  and 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  this 
  Society, 
  for 
  the 
  

   high 
  honour 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  now 
  conferred 
  upon 
  me, 
  I 
  cannot 
  help 
  

   feeling 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  regarded 
  with 
  great 
  generosity 
  whatever 
  I 
  

   have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  accomplish. 
  I 
  would 
  pass 
  by 
  the 
  official 
  or 
  

   professional 
  work. 
  That 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  a 
  pleasure 
  : 
  it 
  has 
  also 
  

   been 
  a 
  duty. 
  And 
  I 
  would 
  rather 
  believe 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  taken 
  more 
  

   into 
  consideration 
  the 
  extra-official 
  or 
  amateur 
  work 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  the 
  labour 
  of 
  leisure 
  hours. 
  This 
  much 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  say, 
  

   in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  edition 
  of 
  my 
  ' 
  Geology 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  

   Wales,' 
  that 
  the 
  impulse 
  which 
  led 
  to 
  its 
  production 
  was 
  the 
  

   ambition 
  to 
  render 
  some 
  service 
  ; 
  and 
  to 
  do 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  I 
  

   desired 
  was 
  to 
  act 
  somewhat 
  independently, 
  for 
  I 
  received 
  no 
  

   encouragement 
  from 
  publishers. 
  That 
  their 
  predictions 
  were 
  fully 
  

   justified 
  adds 
  considerably 
  to 
  the 
  gratification 
  with 
  which, 
  Sir, 
  I 
  

   now 
  receive 
  this 
  mark 
  of 
  distinction 
  and 
  approval 
  from 
  your 
  

   hands. 
  

  

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