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years ago. He was one of the founders of the Societe Geologique 

 de Belgiqne. 



His earlier researches were on the Lias of Luxemburg, and he 

 published with F. Chapuis, in 1853, an important monograph, 

 4 Description des Fossiles des Terrains Secondaires de la Province de 

 Luxembourg ' ; but in the course of time he dealt with the stratified 

 rocks and fossils of all ages in Belgium, from the Cambrian to the 

 Scaldisian, and other subdivisions of the Tertiary system. Especially 

 noteworthy are his contributions to our knowledge of the Devonian 

 rocks and fossils. 



He issued in 1868 ' Prodrome d'une Description Geologique de 

 la Belgique,' of whioh a second edition was published in 1880 ; and 

 in 1879 he issued his ' Carte geologique de la Belgique et des 

 Provinces voisines.' 



He died at Lie'ge on the 3rd of November, 1905. 



[H. B. W.] 



Felix Victor Baulln, who was elected a Foreign Correspondent 

 in 1866, was born in Paris on the 8th of August, 1815. His 

 attention was in early years directed to natural science, and more 

 especially to geology ; he joined the Geological Society of France 

 in 1837, and became in 1838 Preparateur de Ge'ologie at the 

 Museum of Natural History at Paris. In 1846 he was appointed 

 Professor of Mineralogy, Geology, and Botany at the Faculty of 

 Sciences at Bordeaux, and this post he actively held until 1885, 

 when he was made Emeritus Professor. He was distinguished 

 for his researches on the geology of Aquitaine, on the Tertiary 

 strata of the Paris Basin, of the Allier, and other parts of France. 

 Among his separate works were ' Geologie de la France ' 1844 ; 

 * Elements de Geologie ' 1868, 2nd ed. 1874 (written with special 

 reference to the geology of France) ; and ' Description physique de 

 Hie de Crete ' 2 vols, and atlas, 1869. 



Begarded for some time as the Nestor of French geologists, he 

 died on the 10th of February, 1905, at Montfaucon d'Argonne, in 

 his 90th year. [H. B. W.] 



By the death of William Thomas Blanford, C.I.E., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., which took place at his residence, 72 Bedford Gardens, 

 €ampden Hill, London, on June 23rd, 1905, not only have our 

 Society and geological science generally sustained a heavy loss, but 

 -an equally-wide gap has been made in the ranks of zoologists, 



