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drawn up by the same gentleman. This collection, intended for 
the Brighton Museum, has since been placed in the Economic 
Section. 
March 10th.— * ‘‘ A Sketch of the Geological History of England, so 
far as it is at present known,” by Mr. Clifton Ward, was read by 
Mr. T. W. Wonror. 
The changes brought about by submersion, deposition, ele- 
vation, denudation, &c., together with a description of the 
animal and vegetable types of the various periods, were very 
graphically described ; while the amount of land above water in 
England at the different periods was represented by a series of 
fifteen charts. 
April 10th.—A report on Soundings, made by Sir E. Parry, in 1818, 
in Arctic Seas, by Mr. T. H. Hennauz. 
The history of these soundings was this : Mr. J. Cordy Burrows, 
some years since, purchased from the widow of Sir E. Parry his 
geolcgical collection, among which were some soundings labelled in 
Sir E. Parry’s hand-writing. The geological specimens were placed 
in the Brighton Museum, but the soundings were given to Mr. 
Peto, who, in January of this year, handed them over to Mr. 
Hennah for examination. 
The soundings were made by Sir E. Parry, in his Arctic 
Expedition of 1818, in Davis’s Straits and Lancaster Sound, 
between Lat. 68 N. and 76.15 N., and Long. 73 W. and 78.34 
W., in depths between 22 fathoms and 1,158 fathoms. 
Those from shallow water consisted of fragments of stone and 
coral, water worn evidently by a strong current ; Zoophytes, a mi- 
croscopic madrepore, and the tube of an annelid were found in them. 
From deeper localities the soundings were rich in organic debris, 
* This paper has since been published by Triibner and Co,, 90, Paternoster Row. 
