190 Obituary—Dr. Ottomar Novak. 
Bisham at 551 feet above the sea, Maidenhead, Kingston, Wimble- 
ton, and Dartford Heath. 
2. ‘On the Plateau-Gravel south of Reading.” By O. A. Shrub- 
sole, Hsq., F.G.S. 
This paper contains observations on the gravel of the Hasthamp- 
stead-Yately plateau. The constituent elements of the gravel are 
described, and the author notes pebbles of non-local material near 
Cesar’s Camp, Easthampstead, on the Finchampstead Ridges, and 
at Gallows Tree Pit at the summit of the Chobham Ridges plateau. 
He mentions instances of stones from the gravel of the plateau 
(described in the paper) which may bear marks of human work- 
manship. He furthermore argues that the inclusion of pebbles of 
non-local origin in the gravels may be due to submergence of the 
plateau up to a height of at least 400 feet above present sea-level, and 
cites other facts in support of this suggestion. He concludes that 
the precise age of the gravel can only be more or less of a guess, 
until the mode of its formation has been definitely ascertained. 
3. “ A Fossiliferous Pleistocene Deposit at Stone, on the Hampshire 
Coast.” By Clement Reid, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S. (Communicated 
by permission of the Director-General of the Geological Survey.) 
This is practically a supplement to a paper, ‘‘On the Pleistocene 
Deposits of the Sussex Coast,” that appeared in the last volume of 
the Quarterly Journal. An equivalent of the mud-deposit of Selsey 
has now been discovered about 20 miles farther west, and from it 
have been obtained elephant-remains, and some mollusca and plants 
like those found at Selsey. Among the plants is a South European 
maple. 
OBITUARY. 
DR. OTTOMAR NOVAK. 
Born NovemBer 16tH, 1851. Diep Jury 297TH, 1892. 
An enthusiastic clear-minded student of Paleozoic fossils, 
including the Phyllocarids, in which the writers have been 
especially interested, has unfortunately passed away at the early age 
of 42. When last he wrote to one of us, in April, 1892, after his 
paper on the Discinocaris Dusliana had been published in the 
Grout. Maa., he said “I am somewhat better this year and hope 
to recover completely during the summer.” How sadly this hope 
was frustrated we know by his death in July of that year. 
Dr. Ottomar Novak was Conservator of the Geological Collections 
in the Museum of Prague during the years 1885-6. He filled the 
chair of Geology in the University of Prague 1888-92, and was 
continuing the researches of the illustrious Barrande in the Silurian 
faunas of Bohemia at the time of his death. 
The following is a list of some of the Scientific papers published by Dr. Novak :— 
1. Remarques sur le Genre Aristozoé, Barrande (Sitzungsb. k. bohm. Gesell. Wissen. 
Jahrgang, 1885) showing that Bactropus longipes, Barrande, and Ceratiocaris 
debilis, Barr., constitute the abdominal segment and caudal appendage of Aristozoé 
Regina, Barr. 
2. Nouveau Crustacé Phyllocaride de l’Etage F—f 2 en Bohéme (Sitz. k. bohm. 
Ges. Wiss. Jahrg. 1885. Prag, 1885). Ptychocaris simplex and Pt. parvula. 
