2G2 AKNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISC0\T:RY. 



Siberia was owing to his being hunted down ; but ho had stated 

 that in Eughmd and Western Europe generally there was no 

 doubt that the mammoth had become extinct by tiie hand of man. 

 My. Iloworth briclly replied, stating that he still differed from Mr. 

 Dawkins as to the extinction of the animals mentioned. lie 

 thought that different races of man had become extinct along with 

 the anim:ds. 



Oil the Occin-rence of the Mineral ScheeUte {Timgstcde of Lime) at 

 Val Toppa Hold Aline, near Domodosaola, I'icdmont; by C. Le 

 Neve Foster, B.A., D.Sc, E.G.S. — In this paper the author 

 stated that ScheeUte, or tungstate of lime, is now occurring at tho 

 Val Topj)a gold mine. It is associated with quartz, iron pyrites, 

 zinc blende, calcs])ar, brown spar, and native gold; whilst wol- 

 fram, tinstone, molybdenite, fluor-spar, apatite, topaz, and tour- 

 maline, which usually accompany ScheeUte, are entirel}' absent. 

 The ScheeUte is called " marmor rosso" by the Piedmontese 

 miners, and is looked upon as a good indication for gold. Pro- 

 fessor Warrington Smyth said this rare mineral might be found 

 in the neighborhood of Tavistock, in Devonsiiire. 



Mr. Charles Moore, F.G.S., then maile a communication rela- 

 tive to a specimen of 7'eleosaiinis i'von\ the Upper Lias. He said 

 he had discovered shells (Leptceria) in the Middle Lias, which 

 had been thought peculiar to the palaeozoic rocks. Above 

 these was a bed rich in nodules, and these nodules when broken 

 open were seen to be full of the bones and other remains of Tele- 

 osaiiri. 



On the Denudation of the Shropshire and Staffordshire Coal- 

 Ficlds. — In the absence of the author, this paper was read by 

 Professor Warrington Smyth. The paper read treated on the 

 mineral charaeter of some of the coal seams in the field in (jucs- 

 tion, and showed iiow many of the seams were cut off by denuda- 

 tion. The faima and flora belongin<; to these coal seams were 

 mentioned. The Staffordshire and Shropshire coal-fields were 

 only i)ortions of one original tract. He thought that a sea or 

 strait had existed over the area of the coal measures which had 

 denuded them. IMr. Smyth said he was himself attracted to the 

 subject from knowing the neighborhood. The subject was inter- 

 esting as dealing with the great national question of the pnicti- 

 cal extension of our coal-fields. The great (piestion was as to 

 whether certain scams were capable of being worked at a certain 

 depth. Mr. Lionel Brough said that in the neighborhood of 

 Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase there were great disloca- 

 tions. He did not asfree with the author that a strait had even* 

 existed over the area mentioned. With regard to the continuity 

 of the South Staffordshire coal-field in Shroj)shire, it was inter- 

 rupted by faults. He thought that if they sunk deeper in Shrop- 

 shire tiu'V miiiht come on the St;dVordshire coal seams, although 

 perhaps under various other appearances. 



On a Specimen of Obsidian J'rom Jara, tcith a Microscopical Ex- 

 amination ; by ]V. C. Roberts, F.C.S.,F.G.S. — Microscopists htive 

 lately urged the necessity and imi)ortance of examining rock 

 sections with the microscope. Little, however, appears to have 



