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that as more was discovered about the building of dunes and sand- 

 banks, geologists might be able to decide on inspection whether 

 a false-bedded section represented an seolian or an aqueous deposit. 



III. — Geological Society of London. 



November 3, 1915. — Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., President, in 



the Chair. 



Dr. C. W. Andrews, F.R.S., gave an account of the discovery and 

 excavation of a very large specimen of Elephas antiquus near Chatham. 

 The specimen was originally discovered about three years ago by 

 a party of sappers who were digging a trench. The attention of the 

 British Museum was drawn to this find by Mr. S. Turner, of Luton, 

 Chatham. The extraction of the bones was delayed until the past 

 summer. A great part of the skeleton has now been collected, owing 

 largely to the skill of Mr. L. E. Parsons, jun. The skull, unfortunately, 

 was in a very bad condition, but two complete upper and one lower 

 second molars were obtained. One tusk, about 7 or 8 feet long, was 

 also found. The lower ends of both femora were destroyed in the 

 original trench, but of the other limb-bones nearly complete specimens 

 from one or both sides have been obtained, as well as a sufficiently 

 large series of bones of the feet to allow of their reconstruction. 

 Many vertebras were also collected. 



The animal, which was adult, must have been of very large size, 

 having stood about 15 feet at the highest part of the back, or more 

 than 3^ feet higher than the large African elephant mounted in the 

 Entrance Hall of the Natural History Museum. 



The molar teeth show conclusively that the species represented is 

 Elephas antiquus, and from the thickness of the enamel and some 

 other characters, it may be inferred that the animal was probably of 

 a type as early as, or earlier than, that found at Grays. It is the first 

 British example of this species in which the skeleton has been found 

 directly associated with the teeth. 



Lantern-slides and remains of Elephas were exhibited. 



Mr. G. C. Crick, F.G.S., exhibited two Nautili from the Upper 

 Cretaceous rocks of Zululand. Each showed approximation of the 

 last three septa, indicative of the comparatively sudden arrest of 

 growth of the animal and of the accompanying forward movement 

 of the animal in its shell, a character usually attributed to senility. 

 One specimen showed also irregularities of depth in the other chambers 

 of the camerated part of the shell. 



COBRESPOnSTDBNCE. 



EAELY MAN AND HIS IMPLEMENTS. 

 S IR; — With reference to Mr. Reid Moir's letter in the October 

 Number of the Geological Magazine criticizing M. Boule's recent 

 paper in Anthropologic, the Abbe Breuil requests me to ask you, on 

 his behalf, the favour of publication of the following remarks, and 

 copy of his letter to me of February 27, 1913. 



