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NOVEMBER, 1904. 



OO JSTTEISTTS. 



I. Obiginal Articles. page 



1. A Gigantic Land Tortoise from 

 Egypt. By C. W. Andrews, 

 D.Sc, F.G.S. (With Plate 

 XVII and Figure in the text.) 527 



2. The Lower Culm of North 

 Devon . By A . Vau gh an, B . A . , 

 D.Sc., etc 530 



•3. The Ehsetic Rocks at Charfield. 

 By L. Richardson, F.G.S. ... 532 



4. Minor British Earthquakes of 

 1901-1903. By C. Datison, 

 Sc.D., F.G.S. (With 2 Text- 

 Illustrations.) 535 



5. Boulders from the Cambridge 

 Drift. By R. H. Rastall, 

 B.A., F.G.S 542 



6. (a) River Capture in the Don 

 System 544 



7. and {b) Glaciation of the Don and 

 Dearne Valleys. By the Rev. 



W. L. Carter, M.A., F.G.S. 546 



II. Notices of Memoirs. 



1. Cretaceous Phosphatic-beds and 

 their Fauna. By G. W. 

 Lamplugh, F.G.S 551 



2. Modifications of Zircon. By 



L. J. Spencer, M.A., F.G.S.... 552 



Notices op Memoirs — continued, page 



3. Plant Petrifactions from Devon- 

 shu-e. ByE. A. N. Arber,M.A., 

 P.L.S., F.G.S 553 



4. Fossil Plants in Cuba of Devon. 

 By E. A. N. Arber, M.A., 

 F.L.S., F.G.S 554 



5. Chalk in Aberdeenshire. By 



A. W. Gibb, F.G.S 554 



6. Edenvale Caves. By Dr. R. F. 

 Scharff, F.L.S., etc 555 



7. Brief Notices 555 



III. Reviews. 



1. Rocks of Skye. By A. Harker, 

 M.A., F.G.S 556 



2 . Stanford' s Geological Atlas 559 



3. Guide to the Natural History 

 Museum 561 



4. Huxley's Physiography 563 



5. Geological Survey of the Trans- 

 vaal 564 



IV. Obituary. 



1. R. F. Tomes, J.P., F.G.S. ... 565 



2. Professor J. B. Hatcher 568 



V. Miscellaneous 573 



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