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not agree with the genns as defined by Schimper, Weiss, and, more 

 recently, by Prof. 0. Heer ; I have allowed the name to stand as 

 a matter of convenience. Our Noggerathia is more allied to Zamia 

 than to any other genus. 



My statement that the Niirschan Gas-coal of Bohemia was 

 considered by Dr. Anton Fritsch to be a passage-bed, I am rather 

 astonished to see denied by the "Questioner Himself" (see Geol. 

 Mag. April, p. 191). I was of course not present in Glasgow at the 

 meeting of the British Association, but in the report given in 

 "Nature" for 21st Sept., 1876, p. 457, is the following passage: — 

 " On Labyrinthodont Eemains from the Upper Carboniferous (Gas- 

 coal) of Bohemia. By Dr. Ant. Fritsch. — The Gas-coals of Bohemia 

 are unusually rich in remains of Labyrinthodonts, fishes, and insects. 

 They lie ' near the top of the Coal-measures ' and ' are regarded by 

 Dr. Anton Fritsch as passage-beds, the Fauna being of Permian and 

 the plants of Carboniferous tjqDes.' " I think the reporter must have 

 been correctly informed, or he would certainly not have written so 

 distinctly. 



But even if not so stated, it is no proof against their being con- 

 sidered such, and lying as they do, near the top of the Coal-measures, 

 their close relation to the Permian series is sufficiently established on 

 stratigraphical evidence, as clearly stated by Prof. Krejci's admirable 

 paper, referred to in my article (March, 1877, p. 105). 



Calcutta, Dr. Ottokae Feistmantel, 



nth May, 1877. Palisontologist, Geological Survey of India. 



[The publication of the above letter has, we regret to say, been 

 inadvertently delayed. — Edit. Geol, Mag.] 



FOEEST BED OF EAST NORFOLK. 



Sir, — Having seen a letter on the " Forest Bed of East Norfolk " 

 in your last issue, I should like to say a few words on that subject. 

 I remember a few years ago, when in that locality, seeing the stools 

 of several trees just below the Gut at Hasbro. The sand, which is, 

 1 believe, usually about ten feet deep in that place, was washed 

 quite away from the bottom, leaving the stumps of the trees stand- 

 ing about a foot above the surface of the bed. The upper surface 

 of the i-oots were clear, but the under portions were imbedded in 

 the solid bottom, which was so hard that a pick was necessary to 

 extricate them. I have not seen the bed since, but the landlord of 

 the Hill Hotel at Hasbro has succeeded in getting several of the 

 stumps from that place. Those I saw stood upright, and were so 

 firmly fixed that they could not possibly have been washed there, 

 but must have grown on that spot. 



I may as well add that, owing to natural causes, this bed is not 

 often clear. Indeed, though I have frequently been there for the past 

 twelve years, I have only heard of it being seen three times. — I am, 

 Sir, yours faithfully, B. S. Breese. 



The Close, Norwich, ISth August, 1877. 



