478 Correspondence — F. A. Bather. 



know. Now regarding M. Boule's statement about the Middle Glacial 

 flints it is evident that he does not know the difference between 

 a humanly fashioned flint and one that has been flaked by nature, 

 because he first of all stated these Middle Glacial specimens were 

 'human', and then when he was told the deposit from which they 

 were derived he immediately said they were non-human. M. Breuil 

 was equally illogical and childish in his remarks about the sub- Crag 

 scraper, because after having stated dogmatically that the specimen 

 was 'natural' he was quite unable to state what natural force had 

 produced the flaking to be seen upon it. These are the facts of the 

 case, and no references to the curious remarks of Professor Boyd 

 Dawkins, or the worthless flints collected by Professor Sollas on the 

 beach at Selsey Bill, will alter them. I have been loath, especially 

 at the present time, to write what I have done, but in view of 

 M. Boule's provocative paper, which many people, not knowing the 

 facts, will regard as reliable, I feel I am justified in speaking out, 

 and in so doing to aid the cause of science. 



J. Be id Moir. 

 12 St. Edmund's Eoad, Ipswich. 



STUDIES IN EDRIOASTEROIDEA. A CORRECTION. 



Sir, — I deeply regret to find that a bothering error has crept into 

 the lettering of Text-figure 1, on p. 260, l illustrating Studies in 

 Edrioasteroidea, VII. In each of the drawings the rays have been 

 numbered in the wrong order, so that what are now V, IV, III, II, I 

 should read I, II, III, IV, V. The numbers in the text itself, as 

 well as in the figures on p. 398 are correct. Possessors of the 

 Geological Magazine can perhaps make the necessary alteration 

 without much difficulty. It will be put right in the complete set of 

 reprints. With more than the usual apologies. 



P. A. Bathee. 



September 17, 1915. 



OBITTJAET. 



WILLIAM ANDERSON, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., F.R.S.G.S. 

 Born February, 1860. Died May 30, 1915. 



Mr. W. Anderson -was the eldest son of Dr. Joseph Anderson, late 

 Keeper of the National Museum of Antiquities and Assistant Secretary 

 of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh. 



A vacancy having occurred on the staff of the Geological Survey 

 of New South Wales, Mr. William Anderson was recommended 

 by Sir Archibald Geikie to Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, the Government 

 Geologist, to till the gap as Pield Geologist. At the time of his 

 selection he was a student at the University of Edinburgh, but 

 proceeded forthwith to .Sydney and commenced his official duties 

 in September, 1886. Mr. Anderson's life on the Geological Survey 

 was a very busy one ; he contributed many valuable reports on the 

 geological and mineral resources of the Colony, which may be found 

 in the "Annual Beports of the Department of Mines of New South 

 1 Geol. Mag., June, 1915. 



