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they belong also to the succinite class of ambers. I have also seen 

 some pieces of real succinite from Happisburgh and Mundesley, in the 

 collection of Mr. W. George Sandford, at Cromer. 



The principal place where English succinite has been found is 

 Cromer itself, though it certainly does not occur so often as one 

 might expect from the pieces exhibited in the shops of the town ; 

 but Mrs. A. Fox, of Jetty Street, assures me that all specimens 

 exhibited in her own window are collected along that coast, and I 

 have seen there many small and large ones of various and beautiful 

 tones. One or two pieces have the same brown, clouded, andglessite- 

 like appearance as those of Mrs. Sims, of Ipswich, and it would be 

 well to direct attention more to this variety, or even species, of amber 

 for the future. Besides that, I have seen many pieces of succinite 

 from Cromer and from Sherringham in the possession of Mr. 

 Sandford and other gentlemen of Cromer. It is also represented in 

 the British Museum (Natural History), and in some local collections 

 of the country. By the kindness of Mr. Clement Reid, in London, and 

 Mr. George Sandford, in Cromer, I obtained some yellow clouded 

 specimens, which are exhibited now in the Natural History Museum 

 of Danzig, On the other hand, much of the succinite in other shops 

 of Cromer is imported from abroad in order to satisfy the demand of 

 seaside visitors. 



In all probability it is met with still further north, and indeed 

 I am told by Mr. Reid that a good deal is found in Yorkshire. I do not 

 know the localities and I never saw a specimen from there, for which 

 reason I am not quite sure if this northern amber belongs to the 

 succinite group. 



It might also be mentioned that Mr. William Whitaker has 

 described a piece of amber from the coast of Kent (" Geology of 

 London," vol. i., p. 528, London, 1889), and he was kind enough to 

 send me the piece picked up by him at Deal when a boy. From the 

 examination of this specimen it appears that it is not real amber, but 

 copal. The same author makes mention of the Highgate resin in 

 the London Clay at Highgate, and at a few other London localities, 

 particularly at Richmond (I.e., pp. 258 and 528). It was discovered 

 during the excavations for the Highgate Archway, where it occurred 

 "in irregular pieces of a pale yellowish aud dirty brown colour, resem- 

 bling the resin copal in colour, lustre, transparency, and hardness. It 

 is also equally difficult to dissolve it in alcohol." Of course, this fossil 

 is anything but succinite ; it may rather be called a sort of retinite, as 

 there are very many in the Tertiary formation of various countries. 

 Amber is reported to occur near Dublin and in other parts of Ireland; 

 however, the specimens I know from there are all copal. 



On the other hand, in the mineralogical collection of the British 

 Museum (Natural History) I met with a brownish-coloured translu- 

 cent piece of amber, which was bought from Mr. B. M. Wright, in 

 August, 1863. According to Mr. A. C. Seward's statement, this 



