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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  strata 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age 
  in 
  Russia, 
  

   where 
  they 
  bad 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  Pander. 
  This 
  discovery 
  of 
  

   Annelid 
  jaws 
  proved 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  class, 
  previously 
  supposed 
  

   to 
  have 
  existed 
  iu 
  the 
  Palaeozoic 
  strata 
  only 
  from 
  their 
  tracks 
  ; 
  it 
  also 
  

   showed 
  their 
  close 
  relationship 
  to 
  existing 
  errant 
  Annelids. 
  This 
  

   was 
  followed 
  by 
  your 
  discovering 
  similar 
  Annelid 
  remains 
  in 
  the 
  

   Silurian 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Subcarboniferous 
  

   rocks 
  of 
  Scotland. 
  Lastly, 
  your 
  careful, 
  learned, 
  and 
  elaborate 
  

   researches 
  upon 
  the 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  fossil 
  sponges 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  at 
  present 
  in 
  MS., 
  would 
  alone 
  entitle 
  you 
  to 
  the 
  conside- 
  

   ration 
  of 
  the 
  Council. 
  I 
  therefore 
  in 
  their 
  name 
  hand 
  you 
  the 
  

   balance 
  of 
  the 
  proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Fund, 
  to 
  enable 
  you 
  to 
  

   carry 
  on 
  further 
  research 
  and 
  to 
  mark 
  their 
  high 
  appreciation 
  of 
  

   your 
  labours. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Hinde, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

   Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  desire 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  hearty 
  acknowledgments 
  to 
  the 
  Council 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  for 
  the 
  honour 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  bestowed 
  

   upon 
  me, 
  and 
  to 
  you, 
  Sir, 
  for 
  the 
  kind 
  terms 
  in 
  which 
  you 
  have 
  

   conveyed 
  the 
  award 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  accept 
  it 
  with 
  great 
  gratification, 
  for 
  

   I 
  regard 
  it 
  not 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  complimentary 
  recognition 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  done, 
  but 
  also 
  as 
  a 
  proof 
  of 
  

   their 
  sympathetic 
  encouragement 
  of 
  my 
  future 
  efforts. 
  

  

  That 
  I 
  should 
  ever 
  accomplish 
  any 
  thing 
  which 
  would 
  lead 
  to 
  

   my 
  receiving 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  fund 
  did 
  not 
  enter 
  into 
  my 
  wildest 
  

   dreams 
  when 
  I 
  made 
  my 
  early 
  attempts, 
  some 
  years 
  since, 
  in 
  geo- 
  

   logical 
  investigation 
  in 
  that 
  grand 
  field 
  for 
  practical 
  study, 
  the 
  

   dominion 
  of 
  Canada. 
  I 
  commenced 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  my 
  

   esteemed 
  friend 
  and 
  former 
  teacher, 
  Prof. 
  Alleyne 
  Nicholson, 
  then 
  

   of 
  Toronto, 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  am 
  deeply 
  indebted 
  for 
  those 
  initiatory 
  

   lessons 
  in 
  practical 
  work 
  which 
  have 
  since 
  proved 
  invaluable 
  to 
  me. 
  

   It 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  after 
  trying 
  my 
  prentice 
  hand 
  on 
  various 
  subjects 
  

   that 
  I 
  was 
  induced 
  by 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  happy 
  finds 
  to 
  adopt 
  for 
  my 
  

   special 
  study 
  the 
  task 
  of 
  searching 
  after 
  and 
  elucidating 
  the 
  fossils 
  

   of 
  the 
  lower 
  forms 
  of 
  animal 
  life 
  which, 
  either 
  in 
  themselves 
  or 
  in 
  

   their 
  component 
  parts, 
  are 
  so 
  minute 
  as 
  to 
  require 
  the 
  microscope 
  

   for 
  their 
  investigation. 
  My 
  experience 
  in 
  America 
  taught 
  me 
  that 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  fresh 
  discoveries 
  in 
  palaeontology, 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  take 
  into 
  the 
  field 
  a 
  good 
  lens, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  hammer, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  find 
  

   those 
  little 
  fossils 
  which, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  smallness, 
  are 
  passed 
  

   over 
  by 
  most 
  observers 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  expect 
  that 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  

   where 
  almost 
  every 
  yard 
  of 
  ground 
  had 
  been 
  subjected 
  to 
  scrutiny, 
  

   much 
  remained 
  for 
  discovery, 
  even 
  amongst 
  these 
  small 
  objects. 
  I 
  

   am 
  very 
  glad 
  to 
  find 
  myself 
  disappointed 
  in 
  this 
  belief; 
  for 
  the 
  little 
  

   which 
  I 
  have 
  explored 
  as 
  yet 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  convinces 
  me 
  that 
  in 
  

   this 
  line 
  of 
  research 
  there 
  is 
  abundant 
  work 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  ; 
  and 
  

   stimulated 
  by 
  the 
  mark 
  of 
  your 
  encouragement 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  this 
  

  

  