CONTENTS 



FACE 

 1. PREAMBLE 1 



2. EARLY SPECULATIONS OF GEOLOGISTS OX THE SUPERFICIAL 



DRIFT DEPOSITS IX RELATION TO THE FLOOD 13 



3. THE DK DEPOSIT SINCE PROVED TO EL OF DIFFERENT AGES 



AND ORIGINS IS 



4. THE RUBELE-DniFT : ITS VARIOUS PHASES. ((/) THE SURFACE 



RUBBLE AND 'HEAD.' (6) THE OSSIFEROUS FISSURES. (<?) 



THE LOESS. EVIDENCE OF A SUBMEh _ -EXCE 20 



5. TKE ORIGIN OF Ti 1 ANGULAR RUBBLE AND 'HEAD.' THEIR 



EXHIBITION IN 1 .'.GLAND 27 



C. THE ORIGi: OF THE OSSIFEROUS FISSURES. THEIR LIMITED 



EXHIBITION IN ENGLAND ' 30 



1. EVIDENCE OF SUBMERGENCE ON THE CONTINENT 



FRANCE AND BELGIUM 31 



THE HIGH LEYLL LOESS OF CENTRAL EUROPE 30 



THE RAISED BEACHES AND LOESS OF GUERNSEY A::i> JERSEY -13 



SPAIN AND PORTUGAL : GIBRALTAR 45 



CORSICA : SARDINIA : THE BALEARIC ISLANDS 49 



ITALY : DALMATIA . . 49 



