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de T^glise, Mautort namely, that " formerly in pits 

 there, and in sand under gravel four to five metres 

 deep, a great number of shells had been found." 



They then proceeded to Amiens on from one gravel- 

 pit to another, exploring ground where new pits had 

 been opened or fresh excavations made. 



His correspondence with Falconer had become very 

 frequent : a community of tastes had drawn them to- 

 gether, and their joint work was a keen pleasure to 

 both. 



J. Prestwich to H. Falconer. 2 SUFFOLK LANE, July 14, i860. 



MY DEAR FALCONER, I have felt rather perplexed how to 

 spend my spare fortnight. Inclination attracts me to the pleasant 

 quarters at Irstead and the interesting coast of Norfolk. But I 

 have now visited those cliffs so frequently, and traced every yard 

 of ground between Weybourne and Harwich, that I have come 

 to the conclusion that I had better leave them for some shorter 

 holiday later in the season, and take this fortnight for the York- 

 shire coast, Kirkdale Cave, and Market Weigh ton, which I have 

 long wanted to visit, and are at present unknown ground to me. 

 I must also leave North and South Wales to a later period of 

 the season. 



Since you questioned the fact of the JSlephas antiquus occur- 

 ring in the forest bed under the Boulder Clay I have not had time 

 to look into the evidence, but my impression is there is some 

 evidence and much indirect testimony to confirm that fact. 1 I 

 hope you and Mr Gunn will look to it closely. Hear above all 

 what Mr Fitch of Norwich has to say on the subject. 



Miss Gurney's collection is, I fear, dispersed. 2 You, however, 

 have probably seen it. It was rich in specimens considered to 

 be from under the Boulder Clay. In my own mind I have not a 



1 The occurrence is now fully established. 



2 Many of Miss Anna Gurney's fossils are now in the Norwich Museum. 

 See 'Memorials of John Gunn,' 8vo, Norwich, 1891 (edited by H. B. Wood- 

 ward), in which work are numerous references to visits paid by Prestwich 

 to Norfolk. 



