COMMUNICATIONS 
TO THE 
MONTHLY MEETINGS 
OF THE 
YOEKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 
1880. 
The collection of fossils formed by the late Mr. Edward 
Wood, F.G-.S., of Richmond, Yorkshire, is the result of the 
constant attention and labour of more than 30 years of his 
lifetime. 
Living in a district rich in some of the most beautiful and 
attractive fossil organic remains, and impelled by a strong 
natural love for such objects, Mr. Wood became an ardent 
collector of all specimens of G^eological interest; and such was 
his success that he ultimately became distinguished as the 
possessor of one of the finest private Greological collections in 
Britain. 
Naturally this collection is particularly rich in objects from 
the Yorkshire Dales, especially his own dale, Swaledale ; but it 
also includes collections from many other British localities, 
which were obtained by the help of his scientific friends 
and acquaintances, in his own travels, or by his liberal pur¬ 
chases. Thus the collection came to spread over a wide area 
both in space and time, forming a general collection, fairly 
representing the whole of the geological periods, but specially 
rich and valuable in certain formations. 
To the York Museum this collection is particularly valuable, 
for it is precisely v/here v/e were poor that vre here find the 
greatest riches. It was in the Permian, Coal measures. Car¬ 
boniferous limestone, and Old red sandstone that oin- collection. 
