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Fisher, [Bev.] 0. [Letter] on the origin of the Estuary of the 

 Fleet. Reply to Mr. Kinahan. Geol. Mag. dec. 2, vol. i. p. 190. 



Gives further reasons for believing that the shore-line of the Fleet 

 has not been formed by marine erosion. The shingle of the bank is 

 slowly travelling inwards and encroaching upon the Fleet. W. T. 



. [Letter on] the Chesil Bank. Geol. Mag. dec. 2, vol. i. 



pp. 285, 286. 



The author believes that currents store up an accumulation of pebbles 

 beneath the bay, which, being within reach of unusual wave-action, are 

 at times thrown up on the beach. The order of events along this coast 

 has been : — 1. Subaerial excavation of valleys. 2. Growth of forests 

 now submerged. 3. Depression and formation of Scrobicularia-clajs 

 and low cliffs — probably the period of the 30-foot raised beaches. 4. 

 Slight re-elevation and silting-up of some of the estuaries. "W. T. 



FoRDHAM, H. G. Notes on the Structure sometimes developed in 

 Chalk. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxx. p. 43. 



Describes a bed of concretionary chalk at Ashwell ; and refers the 

 parallel striae to "an incipient crystallization arising from the formation 

 of the concretions." ^Y. T. 



FuRLEY, R. A History of the Weald of Kent, with an outline of the 

 History of the County to the present time. Yol. ii. (in two parts), 

 pp. xii, 935. 8vo. Ashford & Lond. 

 [Vol. i., published in 1871, contained " A Sketch of the Physical 



Features of the District," by H. B. Mackeson, pp. 423-437.] 

 Contains some scattered notices of the old Wealden ironworks, and 

 of the scenery and ancient condition of the district. Pages 250-254 

 give a sketch of the formation and history of Romney Marsh, chiefly by 

 Mr. James Elliott, illustrated by a map of the marsh copied from that 

 by Mr. T. Lewin. W. T. 



GoMERSALL, W. The Round-Boulder Hills of Craven. Rep. Brit. 

 Assoc, for 1873, Sections, p. 80. 



These hiUs of Boulder Clay lie between the rivers Aire and Ribble ; 

 their height above the base on which they stand varies from 100 to 

 300 feet. The highest are to the north and west of the group, whilst 

 they gradually diminish to the south and east. W. T. 



GooDCHiLD, J. G. Note on the Carboniferous Conglomerates of the 

 Eastern Part of the Basin of the Eden. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 

 vol. xxx. pp. 394-400 (section). 



The author describes the section at Ash Fell, and compares it with 

 that at Roman Fell on the N.E. side of the Pennine faults. At the 

 former the beds are (in descending order) : — a, carboniferous limestone 

 with thin sandstones and shales (1000 feet) ; h, sandstone with fossili- 

 ferous shales and beds of limestone (500 feet) ; c, limestone (500 feet) ; 

 d, shales with thin impure limestones passing down into conglomerate- 

 beds, and then again passing into the drift-like beds which have else- 

 where been described as Upper Old Red Sandstone. Division b and the 



