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the Salle at the Jardin des Plantes, at the N.W. corner of 

 the town. You will there find a good series of the fossil bones 

 from St Koch. If you cannot meet with our M. Pinsard, try to 

 see M. Gamier at the Bibliotheque, or M. Ferguson, fils. 



It was M. Pinsard who lent me the elephant's tooth from St 

 Acheul, and to whom the uncut tooth of the rhinoceros from 

 Boves belongs. I should much [like] to have a few lines from 

 you after your visit to Amiens, with your opinion of the pits 

 and the bones. 



Field - geology for this year was by no means at an 

 end. Wells-upon-Sea is the locality where he was at 

 work on 28th October ; a description of its marshes 

 within the sea-wall being followed by pages of sections 

 of the railway-cuttings near Walsingham. Next day 

 he was at Irstead Rectory, with his old friend the Rev. 

 John Gunn, who, with the Rev. S. W. King (of Sax- 

 lingham, near Norwich), joined in a visit to Bacton. 

 After Happisburgh and Mundesley, Norwich was visited 

 on the way back to London. 



Before starting on a tour to the west, a working 

 expedition was made to Brentwood with Professor 

 Morris. 



The long western journey began on the 9th November 

 with a section at Froxfield, four miles from Hungerford. 

 Two days later, Prestwich was at Frome, sketching 

 as usual, and in pursuit of the tusk of an elephant, 

 which had been found at Fairwood, three miles from 

 Frome, in making the railway. Langport occupied one 

 day, and Exeter was reached on the 16th. From Truro 

 he proceeded to St Agnes Bay, where, although there 

 was no evidence of any raised beach, a deposit of sand 

 and clay spread at the eastern base of St Agnes Hill, 

 and also over its western shoulder, attracted his 

 attention. From Penzance he went on to Falmouth, 



