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Secondary beds in the S. E. of England, as proved by the recent 
deep well borings around London; and reminding the members 
that he had in a former paper described the peculiar physical 
conditions of these Secondary beds, when seen for the last time at 
the E. of the Mendips, resting on the Carboniferous Limestone, 
he was anxious to ascertain whether similar conditions prevailed 
in these deep borings near London. For that purpose the 
authorities at Meux-well, in the Tottenham Court road, had sent 
him down from time to time some samples ; these he had washed 
and examined with the following results. The first 1,000 feet 
presented the usual lithological characteristics of the Chalk, 
Greensand and Gault ; the next, 57 feet down to the Devonian 
shales, though considered to represent the Lower Greensand, 
he looked upon as abnormal ; entirely calcareous throughout, they 
appeared like granular and conglomeratic Marls, such as might 
be deposited in hollows and subjected to the influence of currents 
of water. From this Oolitic-looking materfal he collected no less 
than 85 different kinds of organisms, indicative of an admixture 
of marine and lacustrine life. 
Amongst the Foraminifera which were rare he recognised the 
“tubular continuations” of the genus Carpenteria, hitherto only 
found recent in the Southern seas. He was able also to extend 
the range of Thecideum and Zellania, and thus added consider- 
ably to the fauna of the Neocomian or Lower Cretaceous period 
in this country. 
A paper from Prof, Prestwich on the deep borings at the same 
place, at Crossness and at Shoreham in Kent, preceded Moore’s 
that evening ; and in the discussion that followed, with reference 
to both communications, Prof. Judd expressed his agreement 
with the view taken by Mr. Etheridge and adopted by Mr, 
Moore, that the fossils were undoubtedly Neocomian. 
Not unmindful of the claims which local societies had upon 
‘him, we find many short communications scattered here and there 
in their publications upon his one engrossing topic, ¢.g., in those of 
