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found in the valley of the Clyde there were two which were artistically con- 
structed, and had the appearance of ancient galleys. In one of the vessels was a 
plug of cork. We may therefore conjecture that these were trading-vessels from 
some of the Carthagenian settlements in Spain; and we are led to suppose that 
the date of the catastrophe that destroyed them was some centuries tefore the 
Christian era. 
There are indications that some time previous to this elevation the coast of 
Scotland must have been subject to earthquake tremors, like those that recently 
occurred at Tortola in the West Indies, but of greater violence and extent. There 
are also evidences of a succession of elevations and depressions of a remarkable 
kind that must have previously taken place. 
While the coasts of Britain exhibit no trace of subterranean agency since the time 
of the Roman occupation, previous to that date they must have been subject to very 
violent and extensive convulsions. 
On the Western Asia Minor Coal and Iron Basins, and on the Geology of the 
District. By Dr. Hype Crarxn, 
The author describes the extensions of the basins first discovered by him, and 
which includes an area of 120 miles by 120, extending over the districts of the 
Meander and Hermus. Dr. Clarke, referring to his former observations on the 
extension of mica-schist across the Bosphorus into Europe, suggests the possible 
connexion of the Hurbklea coal-mines and the Asiatic shore of the Black Sea, and 
the lignite formations on the European shore. The latest discoveries in the main 
basin are of coal at Birdik in the upper course of the Meander, and that at 
Kayejik in the district of Chiordes, illustrating the easterly extension. Dr, Clarke 
expresses his firm conviction that this old gold district of Pactolus will be found a 
productive field. 
On the Skeleton of a Fossil Whale recently exhumed on the Eastern Coast of 
Suffolk. By Epwarps Crisp, WD. 
The skeleton of this whale (the first perfect skeleton found in England) had 
recently been exhumed by the author; it was found in the Chillesford clay, about 
10 feet below the surface. It was 31 feet in length; measurements, drawings, 
and models of all the bones, as they were 7m situ, were taken. Many of the bones, 
the vertebre especially, were so soft that they fell to pieces on removal; but the 
whole skeleton, the author said, could readily be partly restored by means of the 
clay modeis and plaster casts. 
Dr. Crisp had examined and measured all the skeletons of modern whales in the 
British Museum, and in the Museum of the College of Surgeons, and he came to 
the conclusion that this was a new species of Balena. A careful comparison had 
been made of the tympanic bones of this whale, and the same bones of many 
fossil and modern whales, and they differed from all at present examined. Fossil 
shells, impressions of shells, and fishes’ bones were found in the clay around the 
skeleton. Very careful investigations were needed, and much work had to be 
done, the author said, before accurate conclusions could be arrived at. The paper 
was illustrated by numerous drawings; and some of the vertebre, portions of the 
ribs, and the tympanic bones were exhibited. 
On the Parallelism of the Cretaceous Strata of England and the North of France, 
with those of the West, South-West, and South of France and the North of 
Africa. By Prof. Henrt Coauann, of Marseilles. Translated by Joun 
Wickuam Frowrr. 
In this paper the author observes that the divisions of the Cretaceous beds, 
which were originally established by English geologists, and which have been 
generally accepted on the continent of Europe, are, in fact, altogether insufficient, 
in a great measure, and inapplicable as regards any other district than England 
and the north of France. Thus, for example, as we approach the west of France 
