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Lmna?aii, \ntli whose functions oiu' sphere of operations no 

 more conflicts than it does, or need do, with the Archaeological. 

 Our work is essentially out of door and observational, and bears 

 a relation of the highest importance to, and at. the same time in 

 the strictest harmony witli, that of the Icanied Societies to which 

 I have alluded ; and, in projecting and canying out such a Cata- 

 logue of the Antiquities of our district, as I have suggested, we 

 should be proceeding in the direct line of our programme, fulfil- 

 ling another portion of our own special vocation, and strengthen- 

 ing most efficiently the hands of our fellow-labourers for the 

 advancement of science. 



Tliere is another work which, it has always appeared to me, 

 would be of great utility, and which I tliink might well be taken 

 in hand by our Club, and that is a Geological Directory. If ordi- 

 nary members of the Club, and commencing students of Geology, 

 and ordinarily educated men in general, had a work, wliich they 

 could refer to with ease, and find in it the geological features of 

 any spot, say any town or populous village in either of our coun- 

 ties, it would be an immense assistance to them in their excur- 

 sions, their early studies, their efforts to acquire some knowledge 

 of, and to take some interest in, the science Mliich lies at their 

 feet and at their doors. The plan I would suggest is one similar 

 to that on which ordinary business directories and gazetteers arc 

 formed. Let the names of places be aiTanged alphabetically, and 

 let the reader find under the name of each place, the geological 

 character of the locality described, succinctly but clearly, and 

 the rocks and fossils enumerated which he might meet with in 

 the district, say within four miles of tlie place in question, to- 

 gether with any remarkable geological features or characteristics 

 existing in the locality. And let the order of the rocks be given 

 from the surface downwards. Begin with that which will first 

 meet the ob8er\*er'8, or student's, eyes, and go from that to those 

 which lie deeper down, and which will have to be sought for in 

 order to bo discovered. I am convinced that a mistake is mode 

 in writing all works on Geology in an inverse order. I am sure 

 tliat immensely more persons would be interested in the subject, 

 incomparably more who. commence the study would pui-sue it 



