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to the Society "with that now shown, inasmuch as in former times 

 the same amount of regard had not been paid to the stratigraphical 

 position of the specimens, and their value was in consequence almost 

 destroyed. 



Mr. Shaep, in reply, mentioned that some portion of his collection 

 had been formed by Mr. Bentley, and not by himself, and that there- 

 fore he could not claim the credit of the whole. He was gratified to 

 find that there was so little disagreement with his conclusions. 



The Chaieman (Mr. Warington "W. Smyth), in conclusion, ex- 

 pressed his satisfaction at the fact that, notwithstanding the existence 

 of the Geological Survey, there was still room left for individual 

 discovery and research, which in this instance had served to rectify 

 what might have been erroneous views on the part of the Survey. 



