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sand and fine gravel in the counties of Nairn and Moray, which ap- 

 peared to have been floated by ice, at a later period, and as the land 

 was emerging from the sea. 



An account was given of a number of phenomena, which apparently 

 were due to the emergence of the land from beneath the waters of the 

 ocean. In particular, an account was given of beds of gravel lying 

 over beds of sand and mud, contrary to the law of specific gravity ; 

 of long ridges of gravel and sand generally parallel to the lines of 

 coast, or the direction of valleys, and of old sea-cliffs and sea-ter- 

 races at various heights above the sea. 



In reference to this last point, the author observed, that there were 

 reasons why geologists should not reject as unworthy of notice, the 

 possibility, that the land may, in some cases, not have been the 

 moving body, but that owing to elevations and depressions in the 

 bed of the ocean, the waters may have advanced or receded, and thus 

 formed the lines of ancient sea-clifis. 



Verbal Communication on Fossils of the Lias Formation, 

 from South Africa. By Dr Fleming. 



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