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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  was 
  from 
  these 
  beds 
  — 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  Trias 
  and 
  Lias, 
  

   and 
  thinly 
  developed 
  in 
  this 
  country, 
  but 
  largely 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  Rhsetian 
  

   Alps 
  — 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Moore 
  discovered 
  the 
  occurrence 
  in 
  Britain 
  of 
  the 
  

   oldest 
  known 
  mammalian 
  genus, 
  Microlestes 
  (ilf. 
  Moorei, 
  Owen), 
  

   thirty 
  teeth 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  a 
  fissure 
  in 
  

   the 
  Carboniferous 
  Limestone 
  at 
  Holwell, 
  near 
  Frome. 
  The 
  same 
  

   genus 
  had 
  occurred 
  to 
  Plieninger 
  from 
  the 
  Rhastic 
  beds 
  of 
  Dieger- 
  

   loch, 
  Wiirttemberg. 
  From 
  the 
  same 
  deposit 
  Mr. 
  Moore 
  obtained 
  

   evidence 
  of 
  nine 
  genera 
  of 
  reptiles 
  and 
  fifteen 
  genera 
  of 
  fish, 
  

   many 
  new 
  to 
  this 
  country. 
  Besides 
  this, 
  his 
  life-long 
  labours 
  are 
  

   to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  at 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  Bath 
  Insti- 
  

   tution, 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  obtained 
  and 
  arranged 
  by 
  

   him 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  knowledge 
  and 
  patience 
  that 
  had 
  characterized 
  

   his 
  life. 
  

  

  Few 
  but 
  those 
  who 
  knew 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Moore 
  were 
  aware 
  of 
  his 
  

   unwearied 
  and 
  patient 
  devotion 
  to 
  his 
  favourite 
  study 
  ; 
  and 
  he 
  

   was 
  not 
  more 
  ready 
  in 
  acquiring 
  knowledge 
  than 
  in 
  imparting 
  it 
  to 
  

   others. 
  He 
  was 
  a 
  faithful 
  servant 
  to 
  science 
  and 
  public 
  duty, 
  

   possessed 
  indomitable 
  energy, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  perseveringly 
  hard 
  worker 
  

   to 
  the 
  last, 
  notwithstanding 
  his 
  long 
  and 
  wasting 
  illness. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Moore 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  in 
  1854, 
  

   and 
  died 
  on 
  December 
  8th, 
  1881. 
  

  

  Fort-Major 
  Thomas 
  Austin, 
  who 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  a 
  Fellow 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society 
  since 
  1854, 
  died 
  on 
  the 
  11th 
  March, 
  1881, 
  in 
  his 
  87th 
  year. 
  

   In 
  his 
  younger 
  days 
  he 
  saw 
  some 
  active 
  military 
  service 
  on 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tinent, 
  under 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  Lord 
  Lynedoch, 
  who 
  had 
  occasion 
  to 
  

   speak 
  highly 
  of 
  his 
  courage 
  and 
  conduct, 
  especially 
  in 
  connexion 
  with 
  

   an 
  attack 
  upon 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Merxem, 
  where 
  he 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  saved 
  

   the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Clarence, 
  and 
  where 
  he 
  certainly 
  received 
  

   three 
  wounds, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  cost 
  him 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  his 
  leg, 
  and 
  caused 
  

   him 
  to 
  retire 
  from 
  active 
  service. 
  He 
  took 
  up 
  his 
  abode 
  in 
  Bristol, 
  

   where 
  he 
  continued 
  to 
  reside 
  until 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  his 
  death. 
  

  

  Thomas 
  Austin 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  considerable 
  powers 
  and 
  attain- 
  

   ments, 
  and 
  he 
  devoted 
  much 
  of 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  various 
  depart- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  science, 
  especially 
  Natural 
  History. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  

   the 
  museum 
  at 
  the 
  old 
  Philosophical 
  Institution 
  in 
  Bristol, 
  he 
  

   greatly 
  assisted 
  the 
  regular 
  Curators 
  in 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  its 
  

   contents 
  ; 
  he 
  also 
  delivered 
  several 
  lectures 
  to 
  the 
  Members 
  of 
  that 
  

   Institution 
  on 
  different 
  scientific 
  subjects. 
  His 
  contributions 
  to 
  

   scientific 
  periodicals 
  included 
  papers 
  on 
  British 
  birds, 
  and 
  on 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  geological 
  subjects, 
  such 
  as 
  rock-basins, 
  sand 
  dunes 
  in 
  various 
  

   localities, 
  raised 
  beaches, 
  &c. 
  ; 
  they 
  appeared 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Annals 
  

   of 
  Natural 
  History 
  ' 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Bristol 
  Naturalist.' 
  To 
  our 
  own 
  

   publications 
  he 
  contributed 
  several 
  papers 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  

   the 
  shores 
  of 
  Waterford 
  Haven 
  (1839 
  and 
  1841), 
  to 
  Earthquake 
  

   Shocks 
  experienced 
  in 
  England 
  in 
  1852 
  and 
  1863, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Cys- 
  

   tidea 
  and 
  Crinoidea, 
  published 
  in 
  1848. 
  His 
  attention 
  had 
  been 
  

   earlier 
  directed 
  to 
  the 
  Echinodermata, 
  and 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  Crinoidea, 
  

   upon 
  which 
  he 
  published 
  several 
  papers 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Annals 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History,' 
  between 
  1842 
  and 
  1851 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  1844 
  he 
  commenced, 
  with 
  

  

  