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Houzeau de Lehaie, A. Note sur les Alluvions de La Trouille dans 

 les environs de Mons. [Alluvia of La Trouille near Mens.] Ann. 

 Soc. Hal. Belg. t. x. pp. 33-35. 

 Gives a measured section, showing a bed of peat resting on pebbly- 

 sand and overlain by loam, together with a list of 38 land and fresh- 

 water shells found in the sand and loam. G. A. L. 



Inchbald, Peter. Possil remains of Lagomys corsicanus. Land and 

 Water, June 24. 



Records the finding of the remains of this rodent in osseous breccia 

 in caves and fissures near Eastia. The breccia in which it occurs 

 consists of the fragments of various bones, cemented together by cal- 

 careous or other matters. G. H. K. 



Issel, A. Osservazioni geologiche sul Monte Negro (territorio di 



Porto Maurizio). [Geological Observations on Monte Negro.] 



Boll. E, Com. geol. Ital. vii. pp. 485-490. 



Mentions that Eocene limestones are traversed by many quartz 



veins, the means of silicifying and altering the beds ; also that one 



vein bears argentiferous lead-ore, which was once worked. E. B. T. 



Jaccard, Prof. Sur la presence d'un depot glaciaire avec blocs 

 alpins sur le versant septentrional de Pouillerel. [Glacial Deposit 

 on N. Slope of Pouillerel (Erench Jura).] BuU. Soc. Sci. Nat. 

 Neuchdtel, t. x. cah. 3, pp. 264-267. 



Jaubert, — . Etude geologique sur les grottes prehistoriques de 

 Greoulx, dans leurs rapports avec les eaux thormales. [Geology 

 of the Prehistoric Caves of Greoulx in connexion with Thermal 

 Waters.] Compt. Rend. t. Ixxxiii. p. 698. 



Jentzsch, Alfred. [Geology of E. Prussia.] N. Jahrh. Heft vii. 

 pp. 738-740. 



Announces the discovery of Leda-olaj near Schippenbeil. Eecognizes 

 2 or 3 distinct diluvial faunas in the district, indicating gradual change 

 from deep-sea to shore-conditions. A deep boring in Samland has 

 entered a glauconitic chalk-marl with fragments of Belemnites, probably 

 B. mucronatus. E. W. R. 



Jernstrom, A. M. Om Einlands postglaciala skalgrusbiiddar. [On 

 the Postglacial shellbeds of Einland.] Geol. Foren. Stockholm 

 Fork. Bd. iii. pp. 133-140. 

 Refers to the discoveries of subfossil marine and freshwater shells 

 during the last century, in places 30 to 60 feet above the sea-level. 



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. Om quartiirbildningarne liings Abo-Tammerfors-Tavastehus 



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jernvagslinie. [Quaternary Deposits along the Abo-Tammerfors- 

 Tavastehus Railway.] Bidrag till kdnnedom af Finlands natur 

 och folk. Haft 20, Helsingfors, pp. 1-75 ; 9 plates. 

 Gives, after a short account of the solid rocks, a minute descrip- 



