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WILLIAM SMITH I HIS MAPS AND MEMOIRS 
" Sir J. Johnstone begged for one moment to interrupt Mr. S., and to 
state, that if he could do anything for him he would, in easing him of the 
burden of any part of his maps, &c., if he would prepare them and 
bring them out, — [Mr. Smith, we understand, is at present land steward 
to Sir John] . 
" Mr. Smith resumed. He had more MS. than he could carry 
already in store ; and it would want more time and means than he 
possessed, to send it to the press. But if assistance was given to him, 
he should use his endeavours. He was beginning to lose the use of his 
faculties, his hearing being nearly gone, and therefore he wished to lose 
no time ; and nothing he was sure would give him more pleasure, than to 
promote the objects of science. 
' ' Sir John Johnstone again rose and said that nothing would give him 
greater pleasure, than an opportunity of rendering Mr. Smith assistance, 
both by pecuniary means and leisure time ; and he hoped soon to see his 
MSS. in a proper form to bring before the public. He had had a 
conversation with Mr. Phillips (nephew to Mr. S.), who had said that he 
would lend him all the assistance in his power, as he considered himself 
greatly indebted to Mr. Smith, for the instructions he had given him in 
his youth. 
" Mr. Smith expressed his thanks for the kind offer, and said he 
should prepare them and bring them forward." 
The second pamphlet " extracted from the Yorkshire Gazette of 
February 6th," 1830, [36 pp.] is entitled " Proceedings of the Annual 
Meeting of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and opening of the 
new museum, February 2. 1830." This includes an account of " The 
Dinner." From the account of this (p. 31) we find that the Chairman 
gave the health of Mr. Smith, the Father of English Geology. 
" Mr. Smith returned thanks ; and said, he could truly say with Mr. 
Atkinson, that nothing gave him greater pleasure than the promotion 
of science, and particularly in assisting this Society ; for he had been 
very handsomely received in this county, where he had now been resident 
many years. He had always endeavoured not to be behind in the 
March of Intellect ; and had early habituated himself to habits of obser- 
vation, reflection, and of combination ; and this was the only way to 
* Apparently the only tangible result of this was that the Hackness 
Map, completed on Aug. 31st, 1829, was lithographed by W. Day, 
(in outline only), in 1832. 
