324 PLATEAU IMPLEMENTS. [1885. 



J. PrestwicJl to J. Evans. WESTON-SUPER-MARE, 9A April 1885. 



I have sent in my Volcano paper to the Eoyal Society. It 

 has been a heavy piece of work, having been in hand some time 

 before the York meeting; but I did not care to finish it until 

 I had completed my paper on Underground Temperatures, so as 

 to have a surer rate of increase of temperature with depth. . . . 

 I could be up at its reading any day this month, but the 16th or 

 the 23rd would suit me best. . . . 



The third paper was sent in early in June, and was 

 entitled " Regional Metamorphism." The amount of 

 work accomplished during this first half of 1885 was 

 enormous. Happily, several years before, Sir Henry 

 Acland had peremptorily limited his dining out to 

 twice a - week, so that five out of the seven were 

 restful evenings at home, which he preferred to all 

 others. But the passing of these Memoirs through 

 the press more especially the Tables of Underground 

 Temperatures was arduous, added to all the duties 

 of his chair and those were very faithfully fulfilled. 



Allusion is made in the following letter to the dis- 

 coveries of implements on the Chalk plateau. The 

 " friends in Kent " working in this direction were Mr 

 Harrison at Ightham, Mr De Barri Crawshay in the 

 Sevenoaks district, and Mr A. Montgomerie Bell at 

 Limpsfield. 



J. Prestwich to J. JEvans. OXFORD, 15th June 1885. 



You will see by the enclosed that our friends in Kent are 

 working successfully. I hope we shall be able to look them 

 up this summer. We leave to-morrow for Park Crescent, and 

 on Friday or Saturday proceed to Shoreham. I am glad to say 

 that two days ago I despatched the proofs of my two Koyal 

 Society papers. I have now only the reset tables of the Under- 

 ground Temperatures to see to, and can then devote myself 



