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In Memoriain — Robert Law. 



these. In the mornings he would walk from Castleton to 

 Poolvash Bay, and return nightly with a large bag of fossils 

 on his back.' 



' His tools were crow-bars, a six-pound hammer, and several 

 smaller ones ; occasionally, to get at new material, he would 

 engage men to drill holes in the hmestone rock, which he 

 w^ould then blow up with the aid of gunpowder. I can see in 

 my mind's eye our rushing excitedly forth, after an explosion, 

 to see what fossil treasures had been brought into the hght of 

 day. 



' After a holiday thus spent, my husband and I would return 

 home \^dth a hundredweight or more of fossils for investigation 

 and study until our next excursion. 



Our entire days when at Poolvash. were spent in breaking 

 up the rocks, and selecting what we thought to be the rarest 

 or most perfect specimens.' While at Poolvash he also col- 

 lected a large number of worked flints, such as scrapers, knives, 

 and cores. These were found in the ploughed fields close to 

 Poolvash. 



One of the most interesting discoveries made at Poolvash 

 was a new form of Carboniferous nautiloid shell. It was found 

 in the Poolvash limestone, and has been described by Dr. G. 

 C. Crick, F.G.S., who refers the specimen to a new genus. 

 A description of it is given in the ' Proceedings of the Malaco- 

 logical Society, Vol. vi., part 3 ' September, 1904. The author 

 there says : — ' I feel compelled to regard it as a new genus. 

 On account of its form I propose for this genus the name 

 Amphoreopsis, and in allusion to the fewness of the camerae 

 (or so-called air chambers), suggest as the trivial name pauci- 

 camerata. ' 



There is a little incident connected with the collection oj 

 this fossil which admirably illustrates the thoroughness, 

 patience, and dogged perseverance so characteristic of Mr. 

 Law. The specimen was found among the debris left after 

 blasting the Poolvash limestone with gunpowder, as previously 

 described. At first, only the lower portion of the fossil was 

 found, but with distinct evidence that the upper portion had 

 been broken off and lost by the impact of the explosion. For 

 nigh on three days every particle of the debris and rubbish was 

 carefully and patiently examined, until finally the missing por- 

 tion was found and triumphantly joined on to the original find. 



In a note to Mr. Lamplugh's ' List of Carboniferous Fossils 



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