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being " Description of the Gravels from Spitzbergen 

 collected by Mr Lamont," and the other, " On the Pres- 

 ence of the London Clay in Norfolk, as proved by a 

 Well-boring at Yarmouth." 



No week passed without a geological expedition, if 

 only for the day, and as much field-work was crowded 

 into that one day as was possible. 



J. Presturich to J. Evans. Monday, May 1860. 



MY DEAR EVANS, We start by the 10.15 train for Erith, 

 thence to the Crayford and Perry End brick -pits. Back by 

 train, reaching the Lewisham Station at 2^ P.M., whence to the 

 Lower Tertiary pits of Loam Pit Hill. Morris joins us at the 

 Lewisham Station by train from London. The other men start 

 with me. Yours most truly, J. PRESTWICH. 



Some idea of the difficulty of access to the Gower 

 caverns may be gained from the letter which, at 

 Falconer's request, Prestwich wrote as an Appendix 

 to the memoir by the former " On the Ossiferous Caves 

 of Gower," communicated to the Geological Society on 

 May 30 and June 13, 1860, and which is here given : 



10 KENT TERRACE, May 17, 1860. 



MY DEAR FALCONER, I have much pleasure in giving you a 

 few lines respecting the raised beach I met with last autumn to 

 the westward of Paviland Cave in Gower. I find my notes on 

 this subject are not very complete, having taken only a first 

 survey, reserving a fuller examination of the coast until I could 

 obtain access to the caves. You will remember how I was 

 baffled on the last occasion by the state of the tide and the 

 weather. Finding it quite impossible to pass round the foot of 

 the cliff to gain the entrance to Paviland Cave, I proceeded 

 westward along that iron-bound and magnificent frontage of 

 limestone cliffs, ending in Worm's Head, with the intention of 

 examining them at the accessible points, to see whether I could 

 detect any facts bearing upon your very important observations 



