﻿4 
  2 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  of 
  his 
  papers 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Quarterly 
  Journal 
  of 
  our 
  Society. 
  

   For 
  such 
  patient, 
  good, 
  and 
  long-continued 
  work, 
  most 
  of 
  it 
  without 
  

   remuneration, 
  the 
  Council 
  deem 
  him 
  eminently 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  award 
  

   they 
  offer 
  for 
  his 
  acceptance. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Bonnet, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  great 
  regret 
  that 
  I 
  find 
  myself 
  acting 
  today 
  as 
  deputy 
  

   for 
  Prof. 
  Rupert 
  Jones, 
  because 
  his 
  absence 
  is 
  caused, 
  not 
  by 
  official 
  

   duties 
  or 
  engagements 
  yet 
  more 
  pleasant, 
  but 
  by 
  rather 
  serious 
  ill- 
  

   ness. 
  I 
  am, 
  however, 
  glad 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  expressing 
  

   my 
  sympathy 
  with 
  him 
  under 
  treatment 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  unjust, 
  

   my 
  appreciation 
  of 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  geologist, 
  and 
  my 
  esteem 
  for 
  him 
  as 
  a 
  

   man, 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  so 
  ready 
  to 
  

   place 
  his 
  great 
  stores 
  of 
  knowledge 
  at 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  younger 
  students. 
  

   I 
  proceed, 
  then, 
  to 
  read 
  the 
  reply 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  intrusted 
  to 
  me 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President,— 
  February 
  17, 
  1882. 
  

  

  "This 
  unexpected 
  honour 
  awarded 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Society 
  to 
  a 
  worker 
  among 
  Poraminifera 
  and 
  Entomostraca 
  and 
  a 
  

   teacher 
  of 
  geology 
  among 
  the 
  rising 
  generation, 
  I 
  venture 
  to 
  regard 
  

   rather 
  as 
  an 
  incentive 
  to 
  still 
  more 
  careful 
  work 
  and 
  still 
  more 
  

   earnest 
  teaching 
  than 
  as 
  an 
  honorarium 
  for 
  any 
  work 
  done 
  or 
  any 
  

   good 
  results 
  yet 
  attained. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  endeavour 
  to 
  disseminate 
  knowledge 
  by 
  teaching 
  has 
  not 
  

   been 
  without 
  its 
  pleasures, 
  though 
  the 
  professorial 
  pay 
  has 
  ceased 
  

   for 
  want 
  of 
  sympathy 
  with 
  geology 
  in 
  some 
  quarters. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  palaeontological 
  work 
  has 
  always 
  carried 
  its 
  reward 
  with 
  it, 
  

   both 
  in 
  the 
  fulfilment 
  of 
  a 
  naturalist's 
  duty 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  frequent 
  

   friendly 
  cooperation 
  of 
  fellow 
  workers. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  foremost 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  my 
  distinguished 
  friend 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  K. 
  

   Parker, 
  who 
  was 
  associated 
  with 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  Council 
  some 
  twenty 
  

   years 
  ago 
  in 
  a 
  high 
  compliment 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  for 
  which 
  I 
  now 
  give 
  

   you 
  thanks. 
  

  

  " 
  Another 
  friend 
  and 
  fellow-worker, 
  Mr. 
  Kirkby, 
  was 
  honoured 
  

   not 
  long 
  since 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  tribute 
  to 
  his 
  scientific 
  worth 
  and 
  

   industry. 
  

  

  "To 
  enjoy 
  such 
  associations 
  is 
  a 
  reward 
  in 
  itself. 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  Society 
  appreciates 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  done 
  and 
  

   tried 
  to 
  do 
  is 
  in 
  itself 
  a 
  reward 
  also. 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  have 
  this 
  encouraging 
  mark 
  of 
  its 
  favour, 
  as 
  instituted 
  by 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  geologists, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  my 
  old 
  friends, 
  is 
  a 
  

   pleasure 
  and 
  an 
  honour 
  greater 
  than 
  I 
  deserve." 
  

  

  