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former communication on the structure of Eozoon, and which led him 

 to infer the Nummuline affinities of that ancient Foraminifer, — a 

 determination which has since been confirmed by Dr. Dawson. This 

 " asbestiform layer " was then shown to exhibit in Eozoon a series of 

 remarkable variations, which can be closely paralleled by those which 

 exist in the course of the tubuli in the shells of existing Nummuline 

 Foraminifera, and to be associated with a structure exactly similar 

 to the lacunar spaces intervening between the outside of the proper 

 walls of the chambers and the intermediate skeleton, by which 

 they become overgrown, formerly inferred by the author to exist in 

 Calcarinu. 



Dr. Carpenter then combated the opinion advanced by Professor 

 King and Dr. Eowney in the preceding paper, and stated that even 

 if the remarkable dendritic passages hollowed out in the calcareous 

 layers, and the arrangement of the minerals in the Eozoic lime- 

 stone, could be accounted for by inorganic agencies, there still re- 

 mains the Nummuline structure of the chamber walls, to which, the 

 author asserts, no parallel can be shown in any undoubted mineral 

 product. 



In conclusion, the author stated that he had recently detected 

 Eozoon in a specimen of Ophicalcite from Oesha Lipa in Bohemia, in 

 a specimen of gneiss from near Moldau, and in a specimen of 

 serpentinous limestone sent to Sir Charles Lyell by Dr. Giimbel, of 

 Bavaria. 



The following specimens were exhibited :— Serpentines from 

 Canada and Connemara ; exhibited by Prof. T. Eupert Jones, F.G.S. 



Liverpool Geological Society. — I. October 10, 1865. — The 

 following papers were read : — " On a Wooden Implement found in 

 Bidston Moss." By Dr. Eicketts. — " Notes on a recent Earthquake in 

 the Neighbourhood of Ulverston. February 25, 1865." By E. A. 

 Eskrigge, Esq., F.G.S. 



The author read a letter from Mr. John Bolton, published in the 

 Ulverston newspaper, and commented thereon. The efiects of the 

 earthquake were felt over a very limited area, at Eampside, only 

 seven miles in extent. The shock was accompanied by the outburst 

 of several hundred springs of water on the shore, and many houses 

 were so damaged as to require to be taken down. 



II. — November 14, 1865. — The President (Henry Duckworth, 

 Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S.) delivered "The Opening Address of the 

 Session." He gave a general resume of the progress of Geology 

 during the last few years, and referred at considerable length to all 

 the recent discoveries that have been made. The most important 

 works that have been lately published were also noticed, with the 

 proceedings of Societies, and the progress of the Geological Survey. 

 At the conclusion of the address a cordial vote of thanks was passed 

 unanimously. 



Mr. George H, Morton, F.G.S., the Honorary Secretary of the 



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