﻿anniversary 
  meeting 
  bigsby 
  medal. 
  35 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Geological 
  Fund. 
  

  

  The 
  President 
  next 
  presented 
  to 
  M. 
  Louis 
  Dollo 
  the 
  Balance 
  of 
  

   the 
  Proceeds 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Geological 
  Fund, 
  and 
  addressed 
  him 
  as 
  

   fellows 
  : 
  — 
  ■ 
  

  

  M. 
  Dollo, 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  Eeptilian 
  Faunas 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Secondary 
  and 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  

   strata 
  of 
  Belgium 
  have 
  only 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  become 
  generally 
  known 
  

   to 
  geologists, 
  That 
  the 
  scientific 
  world 
  is 
  now 
  better 
  informed 
  con- 
  

   cerning 
  the 
  wonderful 
  remains 
  of 
  Cretaceous 
  Dinosaurs, 
  Mosasaurs, 
  

   and 
  Crocodiles, 
  and 
  both 
  Cretaceous 
  and 
  Tertiary 
  Chelonia 
  from 
  

   the 
  Belgian 
  beds 
  is 
  in 
  great 
  part 
  due 
  to 
  your 
  descriptions. 
  In 
  

   awarding 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  Balance 
  of 
  the 
  Lyell 
  Fund 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  

   Geological 
  Society 
  hope 
  to 
  aid 
  you 
  in 
  prosecuting 
  further 
  researches. 
  

  

  M. 
  Dollo, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

   Mr. 
  President, 
  — 
  

  

  I 
  beg 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  acknowledgments 
  for 
  the 
  honour 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  me 
  by 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society. 
  This 
  encourage- 
  

   ment 
  will 
  stimulate 
  my 
  energies 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  palaeontology, 
  and 
  my 
  

   greatest 
  and 
  sincere 
  desire 
  is 
  that 
  I 
  may, 
  on 
  any 
  occasion, 
  render 
  

   myself 
  useful 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  London, 
  and 
  fully 
  deserving 
  

   of 
  the 
  favour 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  pleased 
  to 
  confer 
  upon 
  me. 
  

  

  The 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  researches 
  to 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  devoted 
  these 
  last 
  

   years 
  has 
  afforded 
  me 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  frequent 
  intercourse 
  with 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  palaeontologists 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  ; 
  and 
  I 
  wish 
  on 
  this 
  

   occasion 
  to 
  express 
  to 
  them 
  my 
  indebtedness 
  for 
  the 
  many 
  encourage- 
  

   ments 
  I 
  have 
  received. 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  the 
  Bigs 
  by 
  Medal. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  the 
  Bigsby 
  Medal 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Harris 
  Teall, 
  F.G.S., 
  

   the 
  President 
  said 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Teall, 
  — 
  

  

  Your 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Petrology 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Islands 
  have 
  

   had 
  a 
  great 
  influence 
  on 
  the 
  views 
  of 
  British 
  geologists. 
  In 
  your 
  

   papers 
  on 
  the 
  dykes 
  of 
  Northern 
  England 
  and 
  Scotland 
  you 
  have 
  

   added 
  much 
  to 
  our 
  previous 
  knowledge, 
  and 
  in 
  your 
  description 
  of 
  

  

  