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of our deli;,'lUful sail on the river Buro and its Droads wo find 

 ourselves in Wroxliam, and the closing scene of our visit. In 

 the long and wide tent where we had our luncheon in the 

 morning a anniptuous dinner covers the table. We take our 

 seats in prescribed order. (.)ur sail has prepared us to do 

 justice to tht viands. P'ish (of the IJroavls) have a prominent 

 place in the Bill of P'are, as fishes hove in all our I. F, E. 

 dinners. The indefatigable and ingenious Secretary, W. 

 Oldham Chambers, presents each guest with *' a Bill of Fare " 

 in the form of a Pike (fish) of the Broads which we are to 

 take to our homes as a souvenir of our \iAt. We cat and 

 talk, having a member of the Executive on the right and a 

 brother commissioner on the left. The talk all around makes 

 as much noise as in a spinning mill. A select trio of gentle- 

 men vocali.sts is provided to give relish to the entertainment. 

 They certainly performed their part well. Godfrey's band or 

 H. R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh's piper, however, would have 

 commanded more attention. After dinner came a sufficient 

 number of toasts and complimentary speeches. The hour of 

 departure arrived. Our special train speeds on towards London, 

 leaving our entertainers and others at Norwich and Ipswich. 

 Amid all the stir we cannot help thinking about the Geology 

 of the way, especially that of Ipswich, which as you know we 

 have already visited under more favourable circumstances. 

 Here the so called " Red-Crag " is lound resting on the London 

 Clay, being seen in interesting sections on the sea coast at 

 Walton on Naze. Here the fossils of the formation arc 

 collected in abundance. Theae show that the formation is 

 marine. The admirable museum at Ipswich is rich in these 

 fossils. We secured a small collection of representatives; we 

 specify the gasteropod Fuaus contrarms (a reversed variety), 

 found in the Mediterranean and on the coast of Spain 

 (Woodward). In our Museum we have a considerable col- 

 lection of the fossils of Walton on Naze, containing many 

 Fusua contrarius — large and small — old and young, presented 

 by the Prince of Mantua and Montferrat. Ipswich was the 

 birthplace of Cardinal Wolsey. In the Challenger dredgings 

 presented to the Museum by the late Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 



