82 GODWIN-AUSTEN. [l851. 



or rather, as it was called at first, of the Terrain crttace' 

 inftricur. 



And I hope thus to make everything clear as to the identities 

 and differences existing between our group and some of those on 

 the Continent. 



When the members of the Palseontological Society come to 

 Upper Gfreensand they will be enabled to judge of the expediency 

 of making a new name for that deposit. And this additional 

 change will by that time have been rendered more easy to 

 introduce further alterations if they should then be desired. 

 But in the meantime I should not republish my note about 

 Vectine. 1 Yours very truly, W. H. FITTON. 



One of the intimate friends who was frequently his 

 companion in Easter expeditions was Mr R. A. C. 

 Godwin- Austen, F.R.S., one of the most distinguished 

 geologists of his day, whose acute reasoning was shown 

 in his famous paper on the probable underground 

 extension of the Coal Measures in the south-east of 

 England. A warm friendship existed between them, 

 which was only severed by the death of Godwin- 

 Austen in 1884. 2 They often went abroad together, 

 perhaps for a few days at a time, to France or 

 Belgium, to work out the geology of some particular 

 district the route having been carefully planned. The 

 following letter throws a light on our geologist's pro- 

 ceedings. He had indeed made for himself a position 

 altogether unique : 



From R. A. C. [Gfodwin-]Austen to J. Prestwich. 



CHILWORTH, April 7, 1851. 



DEAE PRESTWICH, Do you intend to take your geological 

 pupils into the country this Easter? If so, I am ready for a 



1 See Proc. Geol. Soc., vol. iv. p. 406, and Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. i. 

 p. 189. 



2 Mr Austen took the additional name of Godwin in 1854. He was born 

 in 1808. 



