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GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 



WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED 



"THE GS-EOLOGHST." 



EDITED HY 



HENRY WOODWARD, LL.D., F.R.S., >. G.S., Soc. 



ASSISTED BY 



ROBERT ETHERIDGE, F.R.S., &c., WILFRID H. HUDLESTON, F.R.S., &c. 

 Dr. GEt»RGE J. HINDE, F.R.S., &c., and HORACE B. WOODWARD, F.R.S., &c. 



FEBRUAEY, 1903. 



o o 3^ T E nsr T s . 



Origikal Articles. page 



1. Eminent Living Geologists : 

 Prof. Albert Jean G-audr-y, 

 Memb. Inst. France. (With 

 Portrait, Plate II.) 49 



2. Note on the Hindu Klioosh. By- 

 Lieut. -Gen. C. A. McMahon, 

 F.E.S.,-F.G.S 52 



3. Flint Implements from Fayum, 

 Egypt. By II. J. L. Beaunell, 

 F.G.S., F.Il.G.S. (Plates III 

 and IV and Map in text.) ...... 53 



Constitution, etc., of Laterite. 

 By T. H. Holland, A.E.C.S., 



F.G.S 59 



The Permanence of Eiver 

 Valleys. By the Eev. E. Hill, 



M.A., F.G.S. 70 



Original Form of Sedimentary 

 Deposits. By the Eev. J. F. 

 Blake, M.A., F.G.S. (Con- 

 cluded from' p. 18.) (With Map.) 72 

 Sections of Ehatic feocks in 

 Worcestershu'e. ByL.EiCHARD- 



SON, F.G.S. ,.... 80 



Scratches on Minerals in Thin 

 Sections. By H. Stanley 

 Jevons, M.A., F.G.S 82 



4. 



page 



Original Articles — continued. 

 9. Note on an Unmapped Toadstone 

 in Derbyshire. By Samuel 

 MooRB, Esq..... 84 



II. Eeviews. 



1. The Palfeontographical Society 



of Loudon 85 



2. Sherborn's ^ Index Nominum 

 xVnimalium, 1758-1800 87 



III. Eeports and Proceedings. 

 Geological Society of London^ 



1. December 3, 1902 89 



2. December 17, 1902 90 



3. January 7, 1903 91 



IV. Correspondence. 



1. Howard Fox, F.G.S 



2. Prof. J. W. Spencer 



3. G. W. Laraplugh, F.G.S. 



4. Baron F. Nopcsa, jun. .. 



5 . Alfred Barker, F.G.S. . . 



6. S. S. Bucknian, F.G.S .. 



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V. Obituary. 



Alfred E.G. Selwvn, C.M.G.,LL.D., 

 . F.E.S., F.G:S 96 



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