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studied them in detail, I omitted to include them in my list of fossils, 

 as I did all that either John Griffiths or myself did not actually find 

 in situ ; as my object was merely to notice what the fauna was in 

 each bed Many forms I omitted from the list on account of being 

 unacquainted with their horizon. 



Had my intention been otherwise, I should have recorded the list 

 of Foraminifera that appeared in Morris's Catalogue ; Mr. Topley's 

 more ample list not being published at the time my paper was read. 



Mr. De Ranee found Rotalina umbilicata in his Bed V., which is 

 the same as Bed Yli. in my table. F. G. Hilton Price. 



OBITTJ^^ie-Y". 



COLONEL GEORGE GREENWOOD. 



Born June, 1799; Died 3rd November, 1875. 



Albeit it is long after date, we cannot omit to pay our tribute of 

 respect to an English gentleman, who, had he fallen amongst Geolo- 

 gists in early life, instead of amongst " thoroughbreds," would 

 doubtless have occupied a leading place among men of science. Col. 

 George Greenwood, who was the son of Mr. Greenwood, of Brook- 

 wood Park, Alresford, Hants, was educated at Eton, and entered 

 the Army as a cornet and sub-lieutenant in the 2nd Life Guards in 

 1817, just after the memorable period of Waterloo. He rose rapidly 

 in his profession, although he was never called upon active service. 

 Lieut. -Col. in 1831, and Colonel in 1838. He was highly esteemed 

 as an officer, and was a celebrated athlete, and the finest horseman 

 of his day. Among the useful reforms which he introduced into the 

 Household Cavalry, it is still gratefully remembered that he reduced 

 the weight of the helmet from 81bs. to 31bs. ! He was highly 

 esteemed for his horsemanship by William IV., and received marked 

 distinction from the young Queen Victoria ; but in 1840, owing to 

 an affection of the heart, his physician (Dr. Chambers) advised his 

 retirement from the Army. Living thenceforward the life of a 

 country gentleman in Hampshire, planting and transplanting trees, 

 he devoted much time to reading. In 1844 he published the first 

 edition of " The Tree Lifter," and in 1853 a second and larg-er 

 edition, in which some of his geological observations were incorpo- 

 rated. In 1857 Col. Greenwood published the first edition of "Eain 

 and Rivers," in which he showed great powers of observation and 

 shrewd reasoning on the influence of meteoric agents in shaping the 

 form of the ground, especially in reference to the atmospheric origin 

 of all river valleys. His trenchant and original style of thought 

 attracted the attention of Professors Ramsay and Jukes, and his book 

 having been highly commended, he issued a second edition in 1866. 

 He was a voluminous writer, and his letters were always appearing in 

 the columns of the Athenceiim, in Nature, and in this Magazine. He 

 also wrote occasional articles on Valleys and their mode of formation. 



Just as in the hunting field he rode hard, so in his letters and book 

 he strove to outride all o^Dposition, and having found by observation 

 a vera causa for the formation of valleys, he believed it to be the 



