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FOREWORD. 



TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS AND SUPPORTERS. 



N the June Number of the present volume, we issued our 

 600th monthly part and recorded with pleasure the 

 successful completion of the 50th year of the existence of 

 the Geological Magazine, a record of Editorship of which 

 we felt justly proud. 



During the subsequent months of the year the Magazine 

 has continued its peaceful course, but our country has been 

 passing through a period of trial, anxiety, and sorrow entailed 

 by the outbreak of the greatest European War ever recorded. 



Although Naval and Military news and warlike under- 

 takings occupy a large share of our thoughts and attention, 

 it must be a great pleasure to turn from these national 

 anxieties to the tranquil pursuits of geology and palseozoology 

 and find in the pages of the Geological Magazine a relief 

 from the too frequent records of " battle, murder, and sudden 

 death " with which the daily Press has unfortunately so 

 often to indulge its readers. 



May I venture to suggest that by turning your thoughts 

 to our beloved science you will find a solace and relief from 

 " war's alarms ", and that the Editor may still rely upon 

 3^our kind support for the New Year. 



Editor Geological Magazine. 



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