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Land, of the inland ice of Spitzbergen, and of the continental glacier 
of Greenland. The englacial and subglacial drainage, the marginal 
lakes, the fresh water or ‘submarine wells’ in fiord heads, and the 
discharge of bergs, are likewise described; and the subject is well 
illustrated by diagrams and pictorial views. : 
In the number for July, 1910, Mr. W. J. Sinclair records the 
discovery of bones of Paramylodon in the Pleistocene asphalt deposits 
near Los Angeles. Mr. T. J. J. See gives the ‘‘ Results of Recent 
Researches in Cesmical Evolution”, believing that the planets were 
developed in the solar nebula, and that our moon was originally 
a planet which became a satellite, but was never part of the terrestrial 
globe. 
5. WE have received a copy of the sixth edition of the useful Zubles 
Jor the Determination of Minerals by Physical Properties, by Dr. Persifor 
Frazer and Professor A. P. Brown. (London and Philadelphia, J. B. 
Lippincott Co., 1919.) 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
YORKSHIRE GEOLOGISTS AND EDITORS. 
Srr,— Would the Hull Geological Society kindly inform us of what 
possible use it is to publish generic names under the combinations of 
letters quoted below ?- 
Psil. Cor. Ast. Kchi. 
Cal. Agas. Nicro. Der. 
Schlot. Arn. Ambly. Polym. 
Ver. Arie. Oxyn. Upt. 
We doubt whether one person in a hundred has the remotest idea 
what they mean. It is impossible for the Recorder to waste his time 
looking them up, and work presented in such a way can only be 
disregarded. 
While in the critical mood we should also like to ask whether the 
table on the distribution of Belemnites in the Lias is the result of 
personal collecting or of collation of printed data? If the latter, it is 
of little value. If the former, it would be interesting to know who is 
the authority for the determination of Simpson’s species. What really 
valuable work Yorkshire geologists might do if some competent man 
would go and draw and describe Simpson’s types in the same way as 
Mr. Buckman is doing for the Ammonites ! 
LECORDER. 
LYME REGIS CHURCH. 
Sir,—The ancient and historic church of St. Michael, Lyme Regis, 
which is a good example of fifteenth century Perpendicular Gothic, is 
in danger owing to the encroachment of the sea. The cliffs of the 
district are of Blue Lias and crumble readily. Many can remember 
when two fields stretched between the churchyard and the edge of the 
