﻿Tol. 
  53.] 
  ANNIVERSARY 
  MEETING 
  LTELL 
  MEDAL. 
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  referred, 
  I 
  feel 
  considerable 
  cause 
  for 
  dissatisfaction. 
  Now 
  that 
  

   some 
  nine 
  yearly 
  portions 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Palaeontographical 
  Society, 
  I 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  approaching 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  my 
  

   labours, 
  but 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  actually 
  farther 
  from 
  that 
  desirable 
  

   attainment 
  than 
  when 
  I 
  began, 
  while 
  I 
  have 
  far 
  less 
  opportunity 
  

   for 
  continuous 
  study. 
  And 
  when 
  I 
  look 
  back 
  at 
  the 
  earlier 
  portion 
  

   of 
  this 
  work, 
  I 
  am 
  quite 
  dissatisfied 
  with 
  the 
  survey. 
  I 
  must 
  own 
  to 
  

   serious 
  mistakes, 
  particularly 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  the 
  courage 
  

   of 
  my 
  own 
  opinions, 
  and 
  that 
  I 
  gave 
  heed 
  to 
  the 
  outcry 
  about 
  new 
  

   genera 
  and 
  species. 
  That 
  was 
  a 
  sad 
  mistake 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  amended 
  

   it 
  in 
  the 
  later 
  parts 
  of 
  my 
  work. 
  In 
  this 
  direction 
  I 
  have, 
  however, 
  

   far 
  more 
  to 
  perform. 
  How 
  much 
  — 
  or 
  little 
  — 
  praise 
  I 
  may 
  obtain 
  

   thereby 
  I 
  know 
  not, 
  but 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  kindly 
  given 
  me 
  

   this 
  Award 
  as 
  a 
  recognition 
  of 
  my 
  work 
  encourages 
  me 
  to 
  con- 
  

   fidently 
  pursue 
  my 
  way. 
  It 
  is 
  for 
  such 
  encouragement 
  that 
  I 
  most 
  

   appreciate 
  this 
  Award 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  thank 
  you 
  sincerely 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  AWARD 
  OF 
  THE 
  LYELL 
  MEDAL. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Medal 
  to 
  Dr. 
  George 
  Jennings 
  Hinde, 
  

   FMt.S., 
  the 
  President 
  addressed 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  terms 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hinde, 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  have 
  awarded 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  

   Lyell 
  Medal, 
  with 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  Twenty-five 
  Pounds, 
  in 
  recognition 
  

   of 
  your 
  valuable 
  researches 
  in 
  palaeontology 
  and 
  geology, 
  but 
  more 
  

   especially 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  your 
  discoveries 
  of 
  Fossil 
  Sponges 
  and 
  

   .other 
  minute 
  bodies 
  preserved 
  in 
  cherts, 
  in 
  various 
  formations, 
  and 
  

   the 
  painstaking 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  elucidated 
  by 
  you. 
  

   The 
  experience 
  which 
  you 
  gained 
  when 
  working 
  as 
  a 
  student 
  under 
  

   Prof. 
  H. 
  A. 
  Nicholson, 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Toronto, 
  and 
  later, 
  under 
  

   Prof. 
  K. 
  A. 
  von 
  Zittel, 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Munich 
  (where 
  you 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  your 
  degree 
  of 
  Ph.D., 
  for 
  a 
  dissertation 
  on 
  the 
  Fossil 
  Sponge- 
  

   Spicules 
  from 
  the 
  Chalk 
  of 
  Norfolk), 
  was 
  an 
  excellent 
  beginning 
  for 
  

   your 
  subsequent 
  more 
  ripened 
  work. 
  I 
  need 
  only 
  refer 
  to 
  your 
  

   memoirs 
  on 
  Conodonts 
  from 
  the 
  Cambro-Silurian 
  and 
  Devonian 
  

   rocks 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  the 
  West 
  of 
  England, 
  and 
  to 
  

   your 
  various 
  papers, 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  great 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  work 
  

   which 
  you 
  have 
  done. 
  In 
  your 
  « 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Fossil 
  Sponges 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum,' 
  and 
  in 
  your 
  memoir 
  on 
  ' 
  British 
  Fossil 
  Sponges/ 
  

  

  