MISCELLANEO US NO TEH. 



and 40 feet below high water o.s.t. 

 height and 5 feet diameter. 



The largest of the stumps is 6 # 3 in 



These trees appear to have been growing on the side of a creek which is 

 filled with a light blue clay. In this blue clay, a lot of drift wood, 

 containing fossils of the Toredo navalis was found. The illustration is of 

 one of the largest of the stumps found standing, the roots of which are 

 seen spreading out over the rocky moorum. This tree was embedded 

 in the blue clay with a very thin layer of moorum between the clay 

 and the rock. Specimens of two of the three stumps were exhibited at 

 our meeting in the hope that some of the botanical members present 

 might be able to identify them. The trees found in the Prince's Dock 

 were stated to have been a specimen of Acacia {Acacia catechu). I have 

 compared this timber with some of that taken from the Prince's Dock, 

 and as far as I can tell it is the same. Some of the drift wood which, 

 it will be noticed, has quite perished, although the toredo and portion of 

 the wood has been fossilised, was also exhibited. Two of the tree stumps 

 are still standing, and I should be glad to show them to any members who 

 are interested in the subject. The finding of these trees does not throw 

 any new light on the conclusion arrived at by Mr. Hart, but simply shows 

 that the last subsidence was one of over 40 feet and that there was dry 

 land at least a mile from the foreshore opposite St. George's Hospital ; 

 also that in these ancient times our present fine harbour was one of a 

 very much reduced size, if it existed at all. 



Bombay, 29th September 1910. L. H. SAVILE. 



