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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  man, 
  Dr. 
  Wollaston, 
  and 
  as 
  I 
  was 
  deeply 
  indebted 
  to 
  him 
  for 
  sound 
  

   advice, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  use 
  to 
  me 
  through 
  life, 
  and 
  which 
  he 
  then 
  

   gave 
  to 
  a 
  willing 
  tyro 
  only 
  in 
  science, 
  you 
  can 
  well 
  believe 
  me 
  when 
  

   I 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  the 
  medal 
  which 
  bears 
  his 
  effigy 
  is 
  an 
  

   honour 
  which, 
  as 
  an 
  English 
  geologist, 
  I 
  deeply 
  prize. 
  

  

  I 
  receive 
  this 
  medal, 
  Sir, 
  with 
  feelings 
  of 
  gratitude 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  

   and 
  yourself, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  by 
  your 
  award 
  you 
  have 
  recorded 
  the 
  

   opinion 
  that 
  by 
  my 
  labours 
  I 
  have 
  established 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  land- 
  

   marks 
  in 
  our 
  science, 
  the 
  elaboration 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  main 
  object 
  

   of 
  Wollaston's 
  dying 
  bequest. 
  I 
  further 
  especially 
  value 
  it 
  because, 
  

   in 
  associating 
  me 
  in 
  memory 
  with 
  the 
  great 
  philosopher, 
  it 
  is, 
  at 
  the 
  

   same 
  time, 
  a 
  testimony 
  that 
  I 
  retain 
  the 
  goodwill 
  of 
  men 
  among 
  

   whom 
  I 
  have 
  long 
  laboured, 
  and 
  whom 
  it 
  is 
  my 
  pride 
  to 
  have 
  served 
  

   in 
  bygone 
  times, 
  during 
  five 
  years 
  as 
  Secretary 
  and 
  four 
  years 
  as 
  

   President. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  only 
  to 
  add, 
  Sir, 
  that 
  my 
  gratification 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  

   increased 
  by 
  receiving 
  this 
  medal 
  at 
  your 
  hands, 
  whilst 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  

   attribute 
  the 
  too 
  high 
  estimate 
  you 
  have 
  been 
  pleased 
  to 
  make 
  of 
  my 
  

   researches 
  and 
  works 
  to 
  the 
  appreciation 
  of 
  a 
  warm 
  friend. 
  

  

  AWAED 
  OF 
  THE 
  WOLLASTON 
  DONATION-FUND. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  then 
  addressed 
  the 
  Foreign 
  Secretary, 
  and 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Falconer, 
  to 
  you 
  I 
  now 
  deliver 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  "Wollaston 
  

   Fund, 
  with 
  the 
  request 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  conveyed 
  to 
  M. 
  

   Deshayes, 
  in 
  testimony 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  value 
  this 
  Society 
  has 
  always 
  

   attributed 
  to 
  his 
  labours, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  Tertiary 
  palaeon- 
  

   tology, 
  with 
  an 
  expression 
  of 
  hope 
  that 
  this 
  donation 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  

   some 
  use 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  further 
  prosecution 
  of 
  his 
  important 
  work 
  

   on 
  the 
  ' 
  Mollusca 
  of 
  the 
  Paris 
  Basin.' 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Falconer 
  replied 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Sir, 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  great 
  pleasure 
  in 
  being 
  the 
  medium 
  of 
  communica- 
  

   ting 
  to 
  H. 
  Deshayes 
  the 
  mark 
  of 
  distinction 
  which 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Society 
  has 
  this 
  day, 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  time, 
  conferred 
  upon 
  him 
  by 
  

   the 
  award 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  fund. 
  I 
  will 
  make 
  

   known 
  to 
  M. 
  Deshayes 
  the 
  sustained 
  interest 
  which 
  the 
  Society 
  takes 
  

   in 
  his 
  researches, 
  which 
  have 
  contributed 
  so 
  importantly 
  to 
  the 
  ad- 
  

   vancement 
  of 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Molluscan 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Paris 
  

   Basin, 
  and 
  express 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  this 
  renewed 
  mark 
  of 
  our 
  sympathy 
  

   may 
  induce 
  M. 
  Deshayes 
  to 
  persevere 
  in 
  laying 
  before 
  the 
  world 
  the 
  

   latest 
  results 
  of 
  his 
  extended 
  labours. 
  

  

  