118 FOLKESTONE. [l858. 



In a note to Falconer, dated 28th September, he 

 remarks : 



I am glad you have been to Folkestone. The bones there 

 were in brick-earth or gravel. Those at Dover in chalk rubble. 

 I should fear from what you say and what I have seen that 

 the ruminants are in a state of confusion. It is not surprising, 

 considering that all the Drift deposits have commonly been 

 shovelled together into one dirt heap. Ever yours truly, 



J. PRESTWICH. 



Another letter, dated " Tuesday," refers to the 

 Folkestone fossils. 



J. Prestwich to H. Falconer. 



See ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc./ vol. vii. p. 261. You will there 

 find a paper by Mackie on a Pleistocene deposit at Folkestone, 

 and among the fossils the hippopotamus and megaceros. 



Is it possible that the hippopotamus of these late Pleistocene 

 deposits is of the same species as that of the Norfolk coast ? 



With regard to Shorncliffe, I heard of it too late to visit it. 

 Intending, however, to go, I made inquiries about the where- 

 abouts, and found that although the bones came last from Shorn- 

 cliffe they came first from Folkestone. It is, in fact, the same 

 bed as described by Mackie, and was reopened in enlarging 

 or repairing some of the works connected with the small fort 

 above the Pavilion. The collection is certainly of great interest. 

 Ever truly yours, J. PRESTWICH. 



Three of his geological papers appeared this year, 

 the most important being that on the westward ex- 

 tension of the Old Raised Beach of Brighton. It 

 was significant of work to be done in the future. 



But the incident for which 1858 is to be noted 

 was the receipt by Prestwich of a letter from Hugh 

 Falconer, written from Abbeville, when on his way 

 to Sicily for the winter. The results to which it led 



