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Here I am compelled to close my list for want of other 

 examples, which I have little doubt exist, if persons could 

 only be induced to preserve every specimen they meet 

 with in the Coal formation. This can only be done, 

 however, by a slight remuneration being held out to the 

 colliers. Dr. Hibbert proved this when collecting the 

 Burdiehouse fossils. The men, one and all, declared that 

 in the long course of their quarrying operations no remains 

 whatever, save those of plants, had ever been the object of 

 their visual organs. But having convinced them that bones 

 did exist, and stimulated them by the promise of a reward 

 for what they should find, the Doctor was presented with 

 an excellent physiological example of the capability which 

 such a stimulus had of increasinof, to an almost miraculous 

 degree, the vividness of optical perceptions. The men, to 

 use their own words, now " saw with new eyes large scales, 

 large bones, along with the remains of small fishes, became 

 palpable, and, as if by the force of a magician's spell, were 

 revealed in a profusion most admirable to behold. 



The Chairman announced that the next meeting would 

 be held at Doncaster, and proposed a vote of thanks to the 

 Mayor and Corporation of Pontefract, for the accommoda- 

 tion they had afforded the Society. 



The Mayor acknowledged the compliment, and proposed 

 a vote of thanks to the Chairman, for his kindness in 

 taking the chair, and for honouring them with his presence. 



On the motion of R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P., a vote of 

 thanks was also given to the gentlemen who had contributed 

 papers on the occasion. 



