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now accounted for on a different theory, the great value of this work 

 remains as a record of the first discovery of the remains of animals 

 of which most have since disappeared from the world, and thus reveal- 

 ing the nature of the animal inhabitants of Great Britain previous to 

 the arrival of man. In addition to the above account of the bones of 

 animals found in caves in Great Britain, Dr. Buckland described many 

 from the Continent, as the bones of hyaenas found in the cavern of Le- 

 mel, near Montpellier, and the bones of bears found in the Grotto of 

 Osselles, or Quingey, near Besancon. 



His contributions to the Proceedings of the Geological Society were 

 very numerous, and in the first volume of the " Bibliographia Geolo- 

 gise et Zoologiaa," published by the Ray Society in 1848, we find referen- 

 ces to sixty-one distinct works and memoirs. Dr. Buckland's social habits 

 often led him to work with others. Thus we find him early in his career 

 working out the southwestern coal district of Gayland in company with 

 his friend Conybeare. In conjunction with the same distinguished geolo- 

 gist, he published " Sectional Views of the North-East Coast of Ireland " 

 and "Illustrations of the Landslip on the Coast of Devonshire." With 

 the late Sir H. De la Beche, he published a paper in the Transactions of 

 the Geological Society " On the Geology of the Neighborhood of Wey- 

 mouth." In conjunction with the late Mr. Greenough, he published a paper 

 on "Vitreous Tubes in Sand-hills near Dirg. in Cumberland." With Mr. 

 Sykes, a paper on the interior of the dens of living hyaanas. His papers, 

 generally display great powers of observation, with unwearied industry; 

 and many of the general conclusions arrived at by the author have now 

 become part and parcel of the great laws of geological science. 



In 1825 Dr. Buckland accepted from his college the living of Stoke 

 Charity, near Whitchurch, Hants ; in the same year he was promoted to 

 a Canonry in the Cathedral of Christ Church, and married Miss Mary 

 Morland, of Abingdon. In 1818 he had been elected a Fellow of the 

 Royal Society ; and in 1829 he was chosen a member of the Council of 

 that body, and was re-elected on each successive occasion till his illness 

 in 1849. In 1813 he became a Fellow of the Geological Society, and 

 was twice elected President of that body. He took an active interest in 

 the formation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and was one of those who took the bold step of inviting this body to 

 hold its second meeting in the University of Oxford. On this occasion 

 he was President of the Association. From that time to 1848 he was 

 present at the meetings, and read many of his papers before them. 



In 1847 Dr. Buckland was appointed a Trustee of the British Museum, 

 and took an active part in the development of that department more es- 

 pecially devoted to Geology and Palaeontology. He also seconded, to 

 the utmost of his power, the efforts of Sir Henry De la Beche to estab- 

 lish the Museum of Economic Geology, which is now, in conjunction 

 with the Government Geological Survey, working so successfully in Jer- 

 myn Street as the School of Mines. In 1845 Dr. Buckland received, at 

 the hands of Sir Robert Peel, the Deanery of Westminster, vacated by 

 the present Bishop of Oxford. This brought him to reside in London, 

 where he immediately took a lively interest in all questions involving 

 social amelioration. He exerted himself to gain a more free admission 

 for the public to the Monuments in Westminster Abbey. He joined the 



