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  absence 
  on 
  this 
  occasion, 
  which 
  he 
  said 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  weak 
  state 
  

   of 
  his 
  health. 
  At 
  Dr. 
  Lycett's 
  request 
  he 
  represented 
  him 
  at 
  the 
  

   Meeting, 
  and 
  he 
  read 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Lycett 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Dear 
  Mr. 
  Judd, 
  " 
  Scarborough, 
  Feb. 
  10, 
  1882. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  desire 
  through 
  you 
  to 
  express 
  to 
  the 
  President 
  and 
  Fellows 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  my 
  deep 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  honour 
  they 
  confer 
  

   upon 
  me 
  in 
  presenting 
  me 
  with 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Medal. 
  I 
  also 
  wish 
  to 
  

   express 
  my 
  regret 
  that 
  infirmities 
  connected 
  with 
  advance 
  of 
  years 
  

   quite 
  prevent 
  my 
  having 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  being 
  present 
  upon 
  this 
  

   occasion. 
  

  

  " 
  Even 
  the 
  little 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  enabled 
  to 
  effect 
  in 
  the 
  culti- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  palseontological 
  science 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  to 
  me 
  a 
  never- 
  

   failing 
  source 
  of 
  pleasure 
  and 
  satisfaction, 
  qualified, 
  however, 
  by 
  a 
  

   regret 
  that 
  my 
  means 
  and 
  opportunities 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  limited 
  in 
  

   their 
  scope, 
  and 
  a 
  conviction 
  that 
  all 
  I 
  have 
  either 
  accomplished 
  or 
  

   attempted 
  is 
  altogether 
  insignificant 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  immense 
  

   field 
  of 
  research 
  presented 
  by 
  nature 
  to 
  the 
  student 
  in 
  palaeontology. 
  

   " 
  I 
  remain, 
  dear 
  Mr. 
  Judd, 
  

  

  Tours 
  truly 
  and 
  faithfully, 
  

  

  John 
  Lycett." 
  

   "Professor 
  J. 
  W. 
  Judd, 
  F.B.S., 
  F.G.S." 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  "Wollaston 
  Donation 
  Fund. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Dona- 
  

   tion 
  Fund 
  to 
  Dr. 
  George 
  Jennings 
  Hinde, 
  F.G.S., 
  the 
  President 
  

   said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hinde, 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Council 
  of 
  this 
  Society 
  has 
  awarded 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  

   proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund 
  as 
  a 
  testimony 
  of 
  their 
  recognition 
  of 
  

   the 
  value 
  of 
  your 
  researches 
  in 
  certain 
  groups 
  of 
  the 
  Invertebrata 
  

   and 
  upon 
  Glacial 
  phenomena 
  in 
  Canada, 
  the 
  latter 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  a 
  

   residence 
  of 
  seven 
  years 
  in 
  that 
  country, 
  where 
  your 
  entire 
  time 
  was 
  

   spent 
  in 
  geological 
  research 
  and 
  gaining 
  an 
  exteusive 
  knowledge 
  of 
  a 
  

   large 
  area 
  of 
  eastern 
  North 
  America, 
  extending 
  from 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  on 
  

   the 
  east 
  to 
  Nebraska 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  

   to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  Tour 
  researches 
  on 
  the 
  Silurian 
  fossils 
  of 
  the 
  

   Niagara 
  and 
  Guelph 
  formations, 
  the 
  Glacial 
  phenomena 
  of 
  the 
  penin- 
  

   sula 
  of 
  Western 
  Canada, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Glacial 
  and 
  Interglacial 
  Strata 
  

   of 
  Scarboro' 
  heights, 
  near 
  Toronto, 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   Journal. 
  Tour 
  discovery 
  of 
  Conodonts 
  and 
  the 
  jaws 
  of 
  Annelids 
  

   in 
  the 
  Ordovician 
  strata 
  near 
  Toronto 
  showed 
  conclusively 
  that 
  they 
  

   were 
  as 
  abundant 
  in 
  that 
  formation, 
  the 
  Silurian 
  and 
  Devonian 
  

  

  