ANNIVKRSARY MEETING BIGSBT MEDAL. 47 



instance, and possessed of the special interest attaching to any virgin 

 field, must suffer by comparison with that obtained in the investi- 

 gation of smaller areas, and carried on under more favourable 

 conditions. It is thus all the more gratifying and encouraging to 

 me that such results as I may have been able to obtain should be 

 deemed worthy of the recognition of the Society. 



" I may be pardoned for alluding to the fact that some of the 

 earliest work in Canadian Geology is due to the personal efforts of 

 the distinguished Founder of this Medal, in whose very footsteps it 

 has at times been my privilege to follow. This, with the pleasant 

 remembrance of advantages derived in former years from personal 

 intercourse with Dr. Bigsby, and kindly advice received from him, 

 tend to enhance, if possible, the sense of gratification felt by me in 

 learning that my name has been added to t.he roll of those considered 

 worthy to receive the Bigsby Medal." 



