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formed any foregone conclusion about them. They seem to me 

 to require a special local knowledge. It will be a very large 

 meeting: above 400 names are now down. I am only very 

 sorry that you cannot be present. I was prevented by a sharp 

 attack of illness from going to Oxford to receive my D.C.L. 

 degree ; but I am getting about again now, though not yet up 

 to much. Mrs Prestwich desires her kind regards ; and trusting 

 you are fairly well, I am, dear Professor, sincerely yours, 



JOSEPH PRESTWICH. 



Minute instructions had been sent to Mr Harrison 

 to examine, among other localities, the Tertiary pebble- 

 beds at Crowslands, and the Drift clays at Terry's 

 Lodge, on the road between St Clere and the Maidstone 

 high road. Late in August Mr Harrison was requested 

 to meet him at Wrotham station, whence they were 

 to drive to Mailing, and to the pits at Leybourne 

 mentioned by Mr Topley, and " possibly to Trotters- 

 cliff." The ground in the neighbourhood, although 

 already familiar, was again patiently explored with 

 at least a twofold object namely, for the occurrence 

 of Drift and of palaeolithic plateau implements. Here 

 it may be observed that in the many journeys to 

 London, as often as practicable, our Professor drove 

 to a different station from which to travel, and not 

 to that nearest home, so as to have a view of the 

 ground that led to it. During one summer Westerham 

 and its heights (some twelve miles distant) were visited 

 five times not to speak of repeated journeys there in 

 other years. 



Now, however, a sudden stop was put to both in- 

 door and outdoor geology by the arrival of a telegram 

 with the tidings of the death of his sister Kate 

 (Mrs Thurburn). During their long life there never 

 had been a cloud between them. His affectionate 



