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GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 



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WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATKD 



"TME OEIOLOGJ^IST." 



EDITED KY 



HENRY WOODWARD, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. 



ASSISTBD BY 



ROBERT ETHERIDGE, F.R.S. L. <&, E., F.G.S., Soc, 



WILFRID H. HUDLESTON, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S., Soc, 



GEORGE J. HINDE, Ph.D., F.R.S. , F.G.S., <fcc., and 



HORACE BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



MARCH, 1901. 



OOaSTTZBH^TTS 



Original Articles. page 



1. Some Lake Basins in Alberta 

 and British Columbia. By J. 

 Parkinson, F.G.S. (Plate VI.) 97 



2. Boue Cave in the Carboniferous 

 Limestone of the Wye Valley. 

 Bv Miss Dorothy M. A. Bate. 

 (With Illustrations in text.) ... 101 



3. Woodwardian Museum Notes. 

 By F. R. CowPER Reed, M.A., 

 F.G.S. (Plate VII.) 106 



4. Lower Carboniferous Fishes of 

 Eastern Fifeshire. By Dr. R. 



H. Traquair, F.R.S., F.G.S. 110 



5. History of the Sarsens. By Pro- 

 fessor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., 

 F.G.S. (Concluded from the 

 February IN uiuber.) 115 



6. The Age of the Earth and the 

 Sodium of the Sea. By Arthur 

 R. Hunt, M. A., F.G.S 



7. Geological Literature of the 

 Malay Peninsula, etc. By R. 

 BuLLEN N-EwroN, F.G.S. (With 

 an Illustration.) 



8. Origin of Coal. By J. R. 

 Dakyns, Esq 135 



125 



128 



II. Reviews. page 



1. Geology of the South Wales 

 Coalfield. Part II 135 



2. Three Works by the Geological 

 Survey of Canada (Dr. A. H. 

 Foord) 136 



III. Reports and Proceedings. 



Geological Society of London — 



1. January 23, 1901 140 



2. February 6, 1901 (.... 140 



IV. Correspo.ndence. 



1. Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, F.G.S. 142 



2. Mr. J. R. Dakyns " 143 



3. Professor T. McKenuy Hughes 143 



V. Obituary. 



Mr. James Bennie 143 



VI. Miscellaneous. 



The New Director of the Geo- 

 logical Survey 144 



Retirement of Professor T. G. 

 Bouncy, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S. 144 



Appoiutnieut of Mr. F. J. Gar- 

 wood, M.A., F.I. j^_^;^ _ ..-: _ ~y:lj^ 



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