i66 



Bulletin 35 



314 



Pkcten soror Gab. 

 Geology of San Domingo Page 257. 

 Dall, Flor. Foss. Part iii Page 712. 



The convex valve has twenty ribs, but the flat one has only 

 about a dozen. Only two or three disunited valves have oc- 

 curred. 



PAPER No. 22. 



AN ACCOUNT OF SOME RECENT GEOLOGICAE DIS- 

 COVERIES IN THE WEST INDIES. 



Agr. Soc. Trin. and Tob. ; Soc. Pap. No. 493. 



Read before the Society J an. 20, 1912 and published in the 

 "Proceedings" of the Society, Jan-Feb. 191 2, Vol. 12, 191 2, pp. 

 22-37. 



Page 22 



I have always considered it my duty to make known to my 

 fellow countrymen whatever of interest or importance I have dis- 

 covered in the course of my investigations. I think that the 

 subjects I bring before you to-day are of sufficient interest to 

 justify me in asking your attention to what I have to tell you 

 about them. 



I shall preface my observations with an extract from an 

 article published in a scientific journal, and I do this because it 

 expresses more clearly some of my views than I could do in my 

 own words. And I hope that you will award me your patience, 

 because the matter of this extract is absolutely applicable to our 

 needs and our condition. 



{Extract from an article in "Nature,'" joth June, ipio. 



The object of Science is to increase the knowledge of man- 

 kind in general and not merely that of the workers in Science. 

 The methods of Science may be only understood by the workers 

 in each particular branch, but the conclusions are for all, and 

 should be made accessible to all. * .* * I think most will 



