﻿Vol. 6 1.] ANNIVERSARY MEETING BIGSBY MEDAL. xllU 



north of Norway, I can bear witness to his keen powers of 

 observation, and to the enthusiasm with which he employs them. 

 We may hope that many years of active work are still in store for 

 him, to the great advantage of our science. Dr. Beusch, in asking 

 me to receive the Medal on his behalf, has enclosed a few words of 

 acknowledgment, which I will now read: — 



' It is to me a great and unexpected pleasure to receive the Lyell Medal from 

 the Council of a Societj r so celebrated throughout the scientific world. 



' It is the case with me, as with so many others, that the name of Lyell is allied 

 with our earliest interest in the science dear to us all. I remember well, though 

 I have not seen it for a good many years, the old copy of the first German trans- 

 lation of the ' Principles,' borrowed, when I was a boy, from the Museum in my 

 native town of Bergen, and how I read in it with wonder of the evolution of the 

 very earth that we are wandering upon. 



'In later years, during the "seventies," when I was a student, the stout volumes 

 of the " Quarterly Journal " in the University Library in Christiania were always 

 of the greatest interest to me, as they appeared year by year ; and it was a memorable 

 day of joy to me when the news arrived, that I had myself the honour of being 

 elected a Member of the Geological Society. 



' My work in the days left to me will be, I hope, in my native land of Norway. 

 As your Society embraces the whole world in its survey of our science, it is my 

 hope that such small sparks of truth as I may be able to add to what is known 

 of the geology of Norway may be of some small interest to your Members. I 

 return my heartiest thanks to the Council of the Geological Society for the great 

 and undeserved honour which they have bestowed upon me.' 



Award of the Bigsby Medal. 



The President, in presenting the Bigsby Medal to Prof. John 

 Walter Gregory, D.Sc, F.R.S., addressed him in the following 

 words : — 



Prof. Gregory, — 



The Bigsby Medal is awarded to you, as an acknowledgment of 

 your eminent services to Geology, the result of work carried on in 

 many parts of the world. 



The Founder of this Medal was himself a traveller. In the 

 preface to his book 'The Shoe & Canoe,' he tells us that he 

 spent six happy years wandering over the greater portion of the 

 Canadas. He also did good service by his work in the study, as 

 shown by his ' Thesaurus Siluricus ' and ' Thesaurus Devonico- 

 Carboniferus.' Could he extend his hand across the gulf, I feel that 

 he would give a warm welcome to one who has earned this Award 



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