﻿Xlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1905, 



Award or the Lyell Medal. 



In handing the Lyell Medal, awarded to Dr. Hans Reusch, 

 F.M.G.S., Director of the Geological Survey of Norway, to 

 Sir Archibald Geikie, Sc.D., Sec.R.S., for transmission to the 

 recipient, the President addressed him as follows : — 



Sir Archibald Geikie, — 



The Lyell Medal is awarded to Dr. Hans Reusch, as a mark of 

 honorary distinction and as an expression on the part of the Council 

 that he has deserved well of the science, particularly by his contri- 

 butions to our knowledge of the Geology of Norway. 



Born on that ' fragment of primeval Europe ' extending through 

 Scandinavia and Caledonia, which has been the training- ground of so 

 many geologists of eminence, Dr. Reusch has zealously pursued the 

 study of our science in his native land. Undeterred by the difficulties 

 which beset the students of its rocks, and avoiding the pitfalls of 

 hypothesis, he has garnered a store of information which is of very 

 high value to the students of the crystalline schists. Nor has he 

 confined his attention to these rocks, but has added to our know- 

 ledge of the Glacial phenomena of his country, and of recent years 

 especially he hasb een attracted by the fascinating task of accounting 

 for many of its surface-features. 



The reception of the Medal by you, Sir, on Dr. Reusch's behalf 

 but partially diminishes our regret at his absence this day. In 

 conveying the Medal to him, will you at the same time convey the 

 good wishes of the many workers in this country who are glad to 

 number him among their friends ? 



Sir Archibald Geikie, in reply, said : — 

 Mr. President, — 



It gives me great pleasure to be the medium of transmitting the 

 Lyell Medal to my old friend, Dr. Hans Reusch. No one who is 

 familiar with the progress of geology in Scandinavia during the 

 last quarter of a century can have the least hesitation in cordially 

 approving the action of the Council, in conferring this distinction 

 upon him. He has thrown light on the oldest rocks of Norway 

 and on the problems of metamorphism, and he has included the 

 youngest geological phenomena within his ken. Having had 

 the advantage of making traverses of his ground with him in the 



