contains Fossils from the Lias, Oolite, and 

 green sand beds of Dorset and Wiltshire ; 

 Avhich, with many other Fossils and Minerals, 

 your Society owes to the liberality of Thomas 

 Meade, Esq. of Chatley ; some Fossils from the 

 chalk and superior beds presented by Mr. 

 Woodward, of Norwich, a fine set of speci- 

 mens from the Mountain Limestone of Ireland, 

 by Messrs. Sowerby, of liOndon, with several 

 specimens from the Dudley Limestone and 

 other parts of the British Strata, presented 

 by Members of the Society. Of Foreign Organic 

 Remains, your Society possesses but few speci- 

 mens ; amongst them are some good Fossils from 

 the Paris Basin, and an exceedingly beautiful 

 encrinite, from the Magnesian Limestone of 

 Brunswick. The parts of your collection now 

 described, are arranged in cases in the centre 

 and on the sides of the Mineral Room ; in the 

 drawers are a set of Rock Specimens from the 

 Mountain districts of North Wales, Westmore- 

 land and Scotland, forming a very entire series 

 of the primitive, transition, and trap rocks of the 

 island ; besides these are sections of rocks from 

 the Mountain Limestone, Coal district, and Oolite 

 range of Yorkshire, and a very complete set of 

 Volcanic Rocks from Vesuvius, presented by 

 one of your Members. 



