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MARQUIS OF R1P0N : ADDRESS. 
Last year they visited Barnsley, in the coalfield of South Yorkshire 
— -a district highly interesting naturally to a society, one of whose 
main studies was geology. They subsequently visited Driffield, in 
the neighbourhood of the Yorkshire Wolds, in a district somewhat 
new to the operations of the society. And finally, they visited 
Skipton in Craven, where they found subjects very interesting to 
those who were engaged in the pursuits mainly followed by the 
members of this society. (Hear, hear.) That brief record of the 
work done — not to allude to the papers which had been read to the 
society during the past year, and which were many of them of great 
interest — that brief record would show them that it was the object 
of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society to investigate 
the scientific treasures of the county in every part of it, and to 
bring the benefit and advantage of their discussions and operations 
within the reach of persons throughout the whole length of the 
great county to which they belonged. (Applause.) He had said 
that at their visit to Skipton they were fortunate enough to meet 
with ground for investigations very interesting to the members of 
the society. He alluded to the fact that there had been brought 
under their notice a very interesting fissure in the limestone rock 
in the Raygill quarries, in the neighbourhood of Skipton, which on 
examination was found to contain various important and interest- 
ing remains of extinct animals. They found the Elephas antiquas, 
an extinct species of elephant, the rhinoceros, bison, hippopotamus, 
bear and other animals — some of them extinct, and some, at all 
events, not now found in this country. The last report contained 
a brief notice of these discoveries, from the pen of one of the ablest 
members of the society, his friend Professor Miall. (Applause.) 
He ventured to say that he did not think he should misinterpret 
Professor Miall's own feelings when he said he hop^d, and he was 
sure the hope was shared by all who had looked at that paper, that 
that brief statement was not the only record they were to have 
from him of the results of the investigation. (Applause.) But even 
that brief statement would show how interesting these inquiries 
were, because he clearly proved from the facts developed by what 
