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Cliff, and Hull, at all of which sections are noted, and 

 especially careful drawings of Kelsey Hill and Kelsey 

 Hill Pit. These localities are only a few of those 

 visited in this memorable fortnight ; its work wound 

 up with sketches of gravel-pits at Water Newton and 

 at Orton, near Peterborough. 



Early in September Prestwich was again out on 

 field-work. Several pages of a note-book are covered 

 with sections near Whitstable and Swale Cliff, which 

 are succeeded by many pages of sections near Canter- 

 bury, following a few sentences of notes. At Can- 

 terbury he was joined by Professor Morris and Dr 

 Melville. 



Late in September a fresh start was made, and many 

 observations are registered, beginning with Bury St 

 Edmunds, and through an interesting East Coast dis- 

 trict, ending with Hoxne, &c. The geological work 

 done was no make-believe. One biographer has described 

 what was accomplished in a year as " amazing." When 

 it is remembered that field -geology was his holiday 

 work, it is difficult to understand how so much could 

 have been crowded into a single year. It may be 

 partly accounted for in that his City partner released 

 him as much as was possible, but chiefly in that, wher- 

 ever he turned his steps, whether for business or pleas- 

 ure, he was always geologising. The contents of the 

 sixty note-books the entries, alas ! in several, faint by 

 the lapse of time would form at least one bulky printed 

 volume. A chronicle of the Life of Joseph Prestwich, 

 to be faithful, should trace his progress step by step, 

 and record those innumerable journey ings made year 

 after year, from cliff to cliff, from section to section, 

 when, to use his own expression in speaking of the 

 eastern counties, he knew every yard of ground. The 



