part 1] AXlsriYEIlSART MEETINQ MUECHISOX MEDAL. xlix 



Dr. Lapworth, in ivply, read the following conimunication 

 received from Mr. Cobbold : — 



' It is with much surprise and gratification I learn that my work upon the 

 ■Cambrian faunas of Shropshire should be considered sufficiently g-odd to 

 warrant the addition of my name to so distinguished a list of geologists as 

 the recipients of the Murchison Medal, and I sincerely regret that I am 

 unable, for family reasons, to be present to receive and acknowledge it in 

 person. I feel that it is largely due to the attractive nature of my subject, 

 and to my good fortune in coming across representatives of Dr. Matthew's 

 Protolenus fauna, that so much honour has fallen to my lot. 



' I beg to thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Council for 

 the encouragement that you have given me, which comes just at a time when 

 it was most needed. I had comj)leted the first object of my investigations ; 

 I had lost the advice and encouragement of my friend Prof. Charles Lapworth, 

 .and was almost at a standstill ; now, by this generous appreciation of my 

 work, I am spurred on to further efforts. 



' I hope to have established an order of succession for the Shropshire Lower 

 Cambrian which may be of more than local interest, and possibly serve as a 

 table of comparison for other areas, somewhat analogous to those established 

 for the Middle Cambrian from the deposits of Andrarum and, recently, by 

 Mr. Illing, in the Nuneaton area. 



' The elucidation of this seqxience was the primary object of the excavations 

 began in 1907. I then tliought that it was merely a matter of a little digging, 

 and the identification (^f fossils, as I hoped, by friends ; there were, however, 

 so many forms previously undescribed or unknown to Britain, that I was 

 constrained to work up for myself the literature of the Cambrian faunas, and 

 to do what I could towards identifying or describing the species. 



' It was not until 1920 that I was able to complete the lists of fossils, and 

 prepare my observations for publication. I have received much valuable and 

 kindly assistance from other workers, which, I hope, has always been duly 

 acknowledged, but I should like to repeat here my sense of obligation to 

 Mr. Philip Lake, who was the first to recognize the presence of the Protoleiuis 

 fauna, and thus gave me a reliable basis for further study of the specimens 

 which I had collected. 



' I am indeed grateful for the encouragement afforded me bj^ this award, 

 and can only hope that, in any future geological work, I may not prove un- 

 worthy of the great honour now conferred upon me.' 



Award of the Lyell Medal. 



In presenting the Lyell Medal to M. Em^canuel de Margerie, 

 For.Memb.Gr.S., the Presldext addressed him as follows : — 



M. DE Margerie, — 



The Council of tlie Greologieal Societ}^ has awarded the Lyell 

 Medal to you in recognition of the numerous and valuable services 



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