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Mr.  Teall,  in  reply,  said  : — 
Mr.  Peesident, — 
I  have  been  requested  by  my  friend  Prof.  Sollas  to  express  his 
thanks  to  the  Council  of  the  Geological  Society  for  the  honour 
which  they  have  conferred  upon  him.  Had  he  been  present  in 
person  I  feel  sure  that  he  would  also  have  thanked  you,  Sir,  for  the 
kind  words  with  which  you  have  accompanied  the  Award.  He 
desires  me  to  read  the  following  communication  : — 
“  If  the  first  impulse  in  the  study  of  science  arise  from  a  longing 
for  deeper  insight  into  Xature,  a  second,  at  once  powerful  and  inno¬ 
cent,  is  a  desire  for  the  approbation  of  elders.  Thus  I  gratefully 
receive  this  Bigsby  Medal  awarded  me  by  the  Council,  finding  in  it 
both  reward,  too  little  deserved,  and  stimulus  to  fresh  endeavour. 
“  My  old  friend  and  whilom  fellow-student,  Mr.  Teall,  who,  by 
the  indulgence  of  the  Society,  represents  me  to-day,  was  its  recipient 
in  1889,  and  he  concluded  his  expression  of  thanks  with  an  eloquent 
tribute  to  our  revered  teacher,  Prof.  Bonney.  Here  I  can  gladly 
follow  where  I  fain  would  lead ;  for  if  any  success  has  attended 
my  studies,  I  owe  it  to  the  encouragement  of  our  old  Tutor,  who 
has  never  treated  the  designation  f  in  loco  parentis  ’  as  a  harmless 
College  fiction,  but  has  made  of  it  through  life  a  veritable  truth.” 
