142 Correspondence — Prof. Edward Hull. 



F.G.S., who lias retired from the office of honorary secretary, which 

 he has ably filled during several years ; and to Professor Morris, 

 who has presided over the Association with so much honour to him- 

 self and advantage to the members for the past three years, was 

 warmly supported by several speakers, and heartily accorded by the 

 meeting. Professor Morris and Mr. Oumming returned thanks in 

 their usual felicitous manner. The newly-elected President, the 

 Eev. Thomas Wiltshire, M.A., F.G.S., F.E.A.S., etc., having taken 

 the chair, which had been vacated by Professor Morris, Caleb Evans, 

 Esq., F.G.S., read the second part of a very able and interesting 

 paper "On the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Portsmouth and 

 Kyde." The first pait of this paper, read at a previous meeting, 

 gave the results of an exploration of the beds of Lower Eocene Age, 

 recently exposed by the excavations for the docks now in course of 

 construction at Her Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth. The second 

 part of the paper, which was very long, dwelt more particularly 

 on the Middle and Upper Eocene Formations of Hampshire and the 

 Isle of Wight, and gave a clear and succinct description of the in- 

 teresting Fluvio-marine deposits, which are found only in this part of 

 Great Britain. A fine collection of fossils from the localities men- 

 tioned in the paper, which had all been collected by the author, was 

 exhibited. In the course of the long and interesting discussion 

 which followed the rea'ding of the paper, Professor Morris directed 

 attention to the fallacy so prevalent amongst j'^oung geologists of 

 regarding formations containing different assemblages of fossils as 

 necessarily of different epochs, and strongly urged extreme caution 

 in determining the relative ages of formation in different localities, 

 since dissimilar local conditions may have had so great an influence 

 on the life of the period of deposition, as to change very considerably 

 the character of the fauna of two synchronous formations. We 

 strongly recommend those wishing to obtain a practical acquaintance 

 with the geological features of the South of England, to seek ad- 

 mission to the Geologists' Association, as visits to several localities of 

 interest will be paid by the Association diiring the present year. 



J. Logan Lobley, Hon. Sec. 



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Sir, — Will you allow me to correct a slight inaccuracy in a very 

 interesting paper by Mr. C. E. de Eance on "The Glacial Phenomena 

 of West Lancashire and Cheshire," published in No. 105 of the 

 Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. Eeferring to a paper of 

 mine, published more than ten years ago, on the Glacial Phenomena 

 of the Lake District, he states, incorrectly, that it is to be found in 

 the pages of the " Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine." The correct 

 reference is the "Edinburgh New Phil. Jour.," vol. xi. (1860.) 



It is from this paper that the illustration of the roclie moutonnee in 

 the valley of the Eotha, near Ambleside, given in Lyell's " Antiquity 

 of Man," p. 269, is copied, accompanied by a correct reference. 



As much is now being written on the glacial phenomena of this 



