40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [May 1 894, 



allude to your valuable notice of the Inverness earthquakes of 1890, 

 wherein your conclusions with reference to the Great Glen of Scotland 

 open out views of the utmost importance in relation to the Highland 

 faults. We are also indebted to you for calculations on the 

 movement of scree-material, based on the expansion of the stones 

 through heat. 



Geologists, I may say, are always glad to receive assistance from 

 mathematicians, and it is to be hoped that this acknowledgment on 

 the part of the Council of the value of your work may have the 

 effect of stimulating you to further study in that direction. 



Mr. Davison, in reply, said : — 



Mr. President, — 



If anything could add to the welcome and gratifying character of 

 this Award, it would be the words of kindness and encouragement 

 that have accompanied it. For both I beg to tender my sincere 

 and hearty thanks. I have been told, Sir, and in my own case I 

 feel sure it must be so, that the Council in awarding these Fund's 

 look not so much to the past as to the future. I wish I could do 

 more than assure the Council that my best efforts will be used to 

 prevent their kindly hopes from being disappointed. 



