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  ANNIVERSARY 
  ADDEESS 
  OE 
  THE 
  PRESIDENT. 
  Hx 
  

  

  by 
  himself 
  and 
  Clifton 
  Ward 
  • 
  Upon 
  a 
  Portion 
  of 
  Basalt 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mid- 
  Atlantic.' 
  

  

  Prom 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  he 
  contributed 
  short 
  papers 
  to 
  the 
  Mineralogical 
  

   Society, 
  not 
  forgetting 
  to 
  suggest 
  collaboration 
  among 
  mineralogists. 
  

   As 
  he 
  was 
  now 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  resident 
  in 
  Switzerland, 
  the 
  rocks 
  

   of 
  the 
  Yal 
  d'Anniviers 
  and 
  the 
  Saasthal 
  supplied 
  him 
  with 
  a 
  congenial 
  

   theme. 
  Here 
  both 
  his 
  chemical 
  knowledge 
  and 
  his 
  climbing 
  pro- 
  

   pensities 
  were 
  of 
  use. 
  Thus, 
  in 
  1882 
  he 
  narrates 
  how 
  he 
  traced 
  

   certain 
  euphotides 
  and 
  serpentines 
  to 
  an 
  arete, 
  some 
  10,000 
  leet 
  

   high, 
  descending 
  from 
  the 
  Allalinhorn, 
  and 
  he 
  compares 
  the 
  rocks 
  

   thus 
  observed 
  in 
  situ 
  with 
  transported 
  masses 
  occurring 
  in 
  the 
  

   neighbourhood 
  of 
  Veytaux 
  and 
  Geneva. 
  

  

  More 
  recently, 
  and 
  since 
  he 
  came 
  back 
  to 
  England, 
  Marshall 
  Hall 
  

   returned 
  with 
  renewed 
  ardour 
  to 
  an 
  old 
  love 
  — 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  glaciers. 
  

   His 
  Alpine 
  experiences 
  helped 
  him 
  here. 
  In 
  this 
  connexion 
  his 
  

   friend 
  and 
  fellow-worker, 
  Prof. 
  Porel, 
  writes 
  l 
  that 
  Hall 
  had 
  often 
  

   contributed 
  original 
  notes 
  to 
  the 
  reports 
  on 
  glacier-variations 
  

   issued 
  by 
  himself. 
  Later, 
  in 
  1891, 
  when 
  living 
  at 
  Parkstone, 
  

   Marshall 
  Hall 
  continued 
  to 
  follow 
  up 
  this 
  subject 
  with 
  great 
  eager- 
  

   ness, 
  and 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Alpine 
  Club 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  a 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  studying 
  the 
  oscillations 
  of 
  the 
  

   glaciers 
  in 
  different 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Empire. 
  In 
  1893 
  he 
  

   contributed 
  a 
  short 
  paper 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Magazine 
  on 
  ' 
  Glacier 
  

   Observations, 
  more 
  especially 
  Colonial,' 
  being 
  the 
  substance 
  of 
  two 
  

   articles 
  which 
  had 
  already 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Alpine 
  Journal. 
  He 
  was 
  

   successful 
  also 
  in 
  interesting 
  the 
  Colonial 
  authorities 
  in 
  his 
  scheme. 
  

   Einally, 
  in 
  1 
  894, 
  at 
  the 
  International 
  Geological 
  Congress 
  Meeting 
  

   at 
  Zurich, 
  he 
  initiated 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  Inter- 
  

   nationale 
  des 
  Glaciers, 
  being 
  himself 
  elected 
  representative 
  for 
  Great 
  

   Britain 
  and 
  the 
  Colonies. 
  

  

  A 
  wide 
  field 
  had 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  been 
  found 
  for 
  the 
  exercise 
  of 
  his 
  

   energies, 
  and 
  there 
  seemed 
  every 
  prospect 
  that 
  he 
  might 
  continue 
  

   to 
  do 
  much 
  good 
  work, 
  when, 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  sorrow 
  of 
  his 
  family 
  and 
  

   numerous 
  friends, 
  he 
  was 
  carried 
  off, 
  after 
  a 
  short 
  illness, 
  at 
  the 
  

   age 
  of 
  65, 
  just 
  as 
  his 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  universal 
  study 
  of 
  glacier-action 
  

   were 
  beginning 
  to 
  bear 
  fruit. 
  

  

  Marshall 
  Hall 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  estimated 
  merely 
  by 
  his 
  writings, 
  

   which, 
  like 
  his 
  speeches, 
  were 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  exceedingly 
  brief. 
  

   His 
  strength 
  rather 
  lay 
  in 
  his 
  faculty 
  of 
  bringing 
  men 
  together, 
  

   and 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  his 
  genial 
  disposition 
  and 
  agreeable 
  manners 
  

  

  1 
  ' 
  In 
  MemoriamJ 
  Alpine 
  Journal, 
  Aug. 
  1896, 
  p. 
  176 
  

  

  