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Monday, 17th December 1855. 

 Dr CHRISTISON, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following Communications were read : — 

 1. Geological Notes on Banffshire. By R. Chambers, Esq., 

 F.R.S.E., &c. 



The author described the succession of pleistocene beds at Ganirie, 

 on the coast of Banffshire, as follows (ascending order) : — 1, boulder 

 clay ; 2, a thick bed of sand ; 3, a thin bed of brick clay ; 4, a thick 

 bed of sand ; 5, a thick bed of brick clay ; 6, a bed of sand, contain- 

 ing shells of arctic character entire ; 7, a moderately thick bed of 

 pure clay ; 8, a thick bed of sand ; 9, a thin bed of ferruginous 

 gravel (which Mr Chambers regards as the equivalent of the upper 

 till, or coarse gravel, of other geologists) ; 10, a thick bed of soft 

 blue clay ; 11, a thick mass of sand rising to the top of an eminence 

 on which is a vitrified fort. Owing to the great scale on which the 

 formation is presented, and the clearness of the section exposed towards 

 the sea, this is an unusually favourable situation for studying the 



