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were:—1, The Cliff-section at Hunstanton which exhibits the Lower 
Greensand, the ‘Red Chalk,’ and the Lower White Chalk (known 
as the ‘Hard Chalk’ of West Norfolk). The fossils met with in the 
‘Red Chalk’ were stems of Encrinites, a fossil sponge, Spongza 
paradoxica, Inoceramus Cuvieri, and I. Crispi, Belemnites minimus, 
Terebratula semiglobosa, &ec. The Red Chalk appears to be the 
equivalent of the Gault which at Norwich was reached at a depth 
of 1200 feet beneath the surface in Messrs. Colman’s well at, Carrow. 
Further inland Mr. C. B. Rose detected the red band graduating 
into the characteristic blue layer which forms the Gault. It also 
occurs in patches along the opposite Lincolnshire coast. 2, The 
Forest-bed, a continuation of that which may be seen at Hasboro’, 
Bacton, Mundesley, and Cromer, and from which remains of Ele- 
phants, Deer, Sos, and many other animals have rewarded the 
researches of Mr. Gunn. At low-water the bases of old forest trees 
may be seen amid the ooze, their roots still stretching into the blue 
under-clay, and surrounded by a bed of lignite composed of fallen 
trunks, branches, and leaves, with cones of fir, and nuts of hazel, 
and rhizomes of the Osmunda regalis. 
IJ. At the usual Monthly Meeting held in the Museum Mr. J. 
Taytor (the Secretary) read an interesting paper on the Drift-beds 
in the neighbourhood of Saxlingham, Norfolk. The section exposed 
at Skates Hill gives 15 to 20 feet thickness composed of various 
beds of alternate clays, gravels, and sands. About midway in the 
section Mr. Taylor detected numerous fragments of shells, principally 
of* Cardium edule and Mactra. A mile further, on the road to 
Saxlingham, another section was described composed of Brickearth 
and ‘ till,’ also yielding shells. 
The third section, 14 mile distant, also Brickearth, some 10 or 
15 feet in thickness contained immense quantities of fragments of 
shells and even some entire examples. Mya arenaria, Cyprina 
Islandica, Tellina solidula, Mactra subtruncata, Cardium edule, 
Turritella commune, were amdhg the shells identified, besides nume- 
rous doubtful species. It was suggested that notes of local geolo- 
gical phenomena should be recorded upon a copy of the ordnance 
survey map of Norfolk to be kept for the use of the members. 
OsweEstRY AND WextsuHrooL Naruratists’ Fretp-Cius.—This 
club held its third meeting for the season on Thursday, August 17th. 
The Geological section, after leaving the train at Trevor Station, 
proceeded first to inspect the quarry of the Messrs. Roberts, close 
by. This quarry is worked in the Millstone grit, and affords a good 
section of the uppermost beds of that formation and of their junc- 
tion with the lowest beds of the Coal-measures. The lowest seam of 
the latter is exposed at the entrance to the quarry, and rests upon 
the thick beds of sandstone in which the quarry is worked. The 
coarser layers of sandstone here are composed of fragments of Quartz 
in many of its varieties, firmly cemented together by Feldspar, and 
are quarried for millstones, while the fine beds admit of being worked 
for most architectural purposes. Some of the usual fossils were 
