312 ASHMOLEAN SOCIETY. [1880-81. 



" On a Raised Beach in Rhos Sili Bay, Gower " ; the 

 second was entitled, " On the Geological Evidence of 

 the Temporary Submergence of the South-west of 

 Europe during the early Human Period." 



September was chiefly spent at Boulogne-sur-Mer, 

 where the French Geological Society held a Reunion 

 extraordinaire. On Prestwich's arrival he was paid 

 the honour of being elected President for the occasion 

 by his French brethren, and with pleasure he filled the 

 chair at their meetings and took part in several ex- 

 cursions. He himself at the sitting of the 13th Sept. 

 communicated a paper " Sur la Plage Soulevee de 

 Sangatte," which was published in the ' Bulletin Soc. 

 Geol. de France ' for that year. 



Pleasant visits were paid in October, one being to 

 Mr and Mrs Godwin-Austen at Shalford, and as usual 

 a day or two at Nash Mills on the way to Oxford. 

 The work of the term lectures and Museum collec- 

 tions proceeded as usual, but the illness at Easter 

 had left its effects, and exposure to cold had to be 

 avoided. Our geologist happened to be President of 

 the Ashmolean Society ; and, as it devolved on him to 

 take the chair at its evening meetings, the following 

 note was dictated by the most thoughtful kindness. 

 It was from Dr Rolleston just before he went abroad 

 on account of failing health, and the presiding at the 

 ' Ashmolean ' on behalf of his friend was almost his 

 last appearance in public. He returned to Oxford in 

 the summer, just in time to die in his own home. 



G. Rolleston to J. PrestwicJl. OXFORD, 202A November 1880. 



MY DEAR PRESTWICH, ... I entreat you not to come out 

 on Monday night unless Acland explicitly encourages you to do 

 so. I will bring 



