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The Chairman concluded by calling on Mr. T. W. Tew, 
of Carleton, near Pontefract, to read his Paper 
ON THE ROCKS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF PONTEFRACT ; 
WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISCOVERY OF SOME 
BONES OF THE BOS PRIMIGENIUS (LONG-FRONTED OR 
SHORT-HORNED Ox). 
In presuming to submit a Paper to this meeting of the 
Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West-Riding of 
Yorkshire, I do so with feelings of considerable diffidence, 
having so recently been admitted a member of your Society, 
and being but a mere amateur in the study of Geology. 
But before proceeding further, I must express the grati- 
fication felt by my fellow-townsmen at the selection of 
Pontefract for a third, if not a fourth, visit from the Geolo- 
gical Society of the West-Riding, and the great pleasure 
derived from seeing the noble lord occupying the chair ; and 
I beg to offer on their behalf a cordial welcome both to him 
and to the members of the Society. 
I have, in preparing this Paper, done my best by the 
collection of facts to accomplish the task intrusted to me by 
Mr. Henry Denny, A.L.S., the General Secretary, that of 
making “ Some Observations on the Rocks of this Neighbour- 
hood, and the Discovery of some of the Bones of the Bos 
Longifrons, the long- fronted or small Fossil Ox.” Lord 
Houghton has stated, to quote one of his poetical effusions, 
that 
“ To our instructed, patient, seeking eyes, 
Each day reveals the outer world more clear.” 
And this result has doubtless been greatly advanced by 
following the noble lord’s advice to those who meet again 
after travel : — 
“ Then talk with fair exchange, share all your gains.” 
