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which you have spoken of his work. Mr. Blake has been called 

 away to India, to discharge important duties there, and I cannot 

 but feel that his exile from home will be rendered more tolerable 

 by this recognition of his past work and by the assurance — which 

 this Award will surely convey to him — that his numerous friends in 

 this country are not unmindful of him. He has asked me to " re- 

 present to this Meeting what solid satisfaction the Award gives 

 him," and he requests me to add that " any geological work I have 

 done, or may be doing, has never been done for the sake of honour, 

 but — as Prof. Lodge once said — ' if a man feels that he has a call 

 for any line of research, he is bound to obey it, and woe to him if 

 he fails to do so. Necessity is laid upon him ! ' In the rough and 

 tumble of the work, it is often a matter of doubt whether the call 

 has been rightly obeyed, and whether the work is as good as it 

 should be. As against such discouragement, this Award will always 

 remain a bulwark. It will be a perpetual reminder that my co- 

 workers sympathize with me, and appreciate every effort at its full — 

 or more than its full — value." 



Award oe the Lyell Geological Fund. 



The President then presented one-half of the Balance of the 

 Proceeds of the Lyell Geological Pund to Mr. Percy Pry Kendall, 

 F.G.S., and addressed him as follows : — 



Mr. Kendall, — 



Some 12 years ago your attention was directed to the study oi 

 the fossils of our English Crags, and in 1886, in conjunction with 

 the late Bobert Bell, P.G.S., you gave to this Society an excellent 

 account of the fauna of the newly-discovered Pliocene beds of 

 St. Erth in Cornwall. Since then your observations have been con- 

 centrated chiefly on Glacial deposits, and in elucidating some of the 

 difficult problems connected with their origin. I would especially 

 call attention to your very full and careful account of the Glacial 

 Geology of the Isle of Man (1894), in which you have shown your- 

 self a most enthusiastic and painstaking geologist. The Council 

 desire your acceptance of this moiety of the Lyell Pund — which 

 may serve to attest their appreciation of your scientific labours. 



