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Baltea formerly flowed through it, and the bed of the river 

 can be traced below the lake. On the east the sea formerly 

 swept up, and the Moraine bears evidence in parts of deposit 

 under water. In the Valley of the Chusella we meet with 

 beds of clay and sand full of marine shells, 1059 ft. above the 

 present sea-level, resting on diorite rock ; these beds are 

 protected by a steep scarp of diorite. 



Ice-action may be traced in Surrey, where we find masses 

 of flint resting on gault and greensand, where they have been 

 deposited by glaciers. The South Downs were covered with 

 a coating of ice ; the drainage was then reversed, the rivers 

 flowing from north to south, and on melting of the snows 

 flint masses were borne southward on the floating ice. In 

 Thibet there are now similar beds of frozen snow, 40 or 50 ft. 

 thick. 



Discussion followed, in which Mr. Tyndall, Mr. Linnell, 

 and Mr. Gill took part. 



Annual Meeting. — October 17th, 1884. 



The Annual Eeport and Balance Sheet were read as 

 follows : — 



HOLMESDALE NATURAL HiSTORY ClUB. 



Animal Eeport, October 17th, 1884. 



During the past twelve months six new members have been 

 elected into the Club ; ten have left the (31ub by resignation ; 

 and we have to record the death of two of our members. Sir 

 Sidney S. Saunders, President of the Club from 1874 to 1876, 

 and Mr. 0. Marshall, who served on the Committee. The 

 total membership in the Club is now seventy-sis. 



Sir Sidney Smith Saunders, K.C.M.G., died at his residence. 

 Upper Norwood, on April 15th, 1884, aged seventy-four years. 

 His name will long be remembered in scientific circles, more 

 especially on account of his study of Hymeuoptera and their 

 parasites, and of the parasites of Coleoptera ; and our Club is 

 deeply indebted to him for the careful arrangement of our 

 collection of Hymeuoptera, as well as for valuable papers 



