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growing upon Russula adusta, from Handeross, Sussex; also 
several specimens of dried plants from Dieppe of species occurring 
in Britain, and flints collected at Dieppe for exportation to this 
country for use in pottery. 
Mr. Lovett exhibited specimens of pipes; specially noticeable 
being one from Afghanistan inlaid with lead, as practised both 
by Kaffirs and North American Indians; also one made by the 
Eskimo, consisting of two hollow pieces of wood or gutters 
bound together. Mr. Lovett also showed a support for a fire-drill 
from Alaska, which is held in the mouth when in use. 
Mr. Goodman exhibited a specimen of the Gulf-weed (Sar- 
gassum). This plant, which is allied to the Fucus, is found 
floating in large quantities in the Atlantic, but it also grows 
attached to rocks in the West Indies and along the Florida 
Reef. 
The President exhibited Carboniferous Limestone fossils from 
near Kirkby Lonsdale, in Westmoreland, consisting of corals of 
several species, Productus and other brachiopods, Bellerophon and 
Euomphalus ; also Stigmaria and Calamites from Dysart, on the 
Firth of Forth. The summits of the limestone crags in West- 
moreland were described as resembling a flat pavement traversed 
by fissures, in which a great variety of ferns and other plants 
grow most luxuriantly. These fissures are produced by the con- 
stant percolation of the rain through the joints of the limestone. 
October 15th.—Mr. Lovett exhibited and described a series of 
remarkable specimens of Salt deposits obtained by him on a 
recent visit to the works of the Salt Union at Stoke Prior in 
Worcestershire. This salt deposit occurs in wkat is known as 
the New Red Marl, and is considered to have been caused by the 
presence of a great inland sea, in those remote geological times, 
somewhat corresponding with the Salt Lake district of North 
America. The salt is pumped from a deep well in the form of a 
saturated saline solution, or brine, with pumps, much in the 
same way as exists in our ordinary waterworks. The pumps 
carry it to a tank on a tower, whence it falls into a large open- 
air reservoir; the density of this volume of brine being so great 
that to sink in it would be practically impossible. The brine 
runs from this reservoir to the salt-pans, kept at boiling-point, 
which evaporates the water, and precipitates the salt: this is 
- raked out and drained into wooden moulds, into blocks, as we 
see them in the drysalters’ shops. When fairly hard, they are 
turned out and baked in the hot room—temperature about 150°. 
The finer table salts are carefully ground from these subsequently ; 
the rough granular salt, as exported to India and Australia, is 
evaporated by a simpler process. The refuse and dirty salt is 
ground up and sold for agricultural purposes. The latest luxury 
