X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



1834-1849. 



GEOLOGY OF COALBROOK DALE AND GAMBLE TERTIARY MEMOIRS. 



Journey to Scotland. Edinburgh. Banffshire. British Association 

 at Bristol. Visit to Ireland. Business and Science. Recreation. 

 Geological Society of France. Isle of Arran. Note-books. Shake- 

 speare's Cliff. Isle of Wight. Palseontographical Society. Visit 

 to Germany. Boppart. Water- cure. Bagshot Sands. William 

 Lonsdale. Geological Society Club. Wollaston Medal. Studies 

 of the Drift. Denudation of the Weald. Metropolitan Drainage. 

 Geological Excursions . . . . . .45 



CHAPTER IV. 



1849-1858. 



EASTER EXCURSIONS 'THE WATER-BEARING STRATA '' THE GROUND 

 BENEATH US ' FURTHER TERTIARY MEMOIRS. 



Death of his Mother. Letter to his Niece, Sophia Scott. Water- 

 supply. Dr Fitton on Neocomian. Godwin- Austen. Murchison. 

 Business and Geology. Holmfirth Flood. Geological Papers. 

 Geological Society of France. Edward Forbes. Royal Society. 

 De la Beche. Sedgwick. Valley Gravels. High - level Gravel. 

 Secretary and Treasurer of Geological Society. City Life. Death 

 of his Father. Civil Prestwich. Letters to Sir Charles Lyell on 

 Correlation of Tertiary Strata. Meeting with Mr John Evans. 

 Dr J. D. Hooker and Eocene Plants. Leonard Horner . . 75 



CHAPTER V. 



1858-1859. 



BRIXHAM CAVE FLINT IMPLEMENTS VISITS TO ABBEVILLE 

 GOWER CAVES. 



Hugh Falconer. Fossil Mammals. Switzerland. Folkestone. Boucher 

 de Perthes. Caves near Palermo. Antiquity of Man. Amiens. 

 Hoxne. Forged Implements. Fossil Elephants. Cyrena. Sequence 

 of Drifts. Charles Kingsley. Ice-action in Wales. Robert Cham- 

 bers. Menchecourt. Overton Longville . . . .110 



