8 L}fe of R. A. C. Godwin-Austen. 



including the Boulonnais. The portion of Ireland, included in the 

 Map, was executed from MS. notes of Mr. Austen, aided by the map 

 of Sir Eichard Griffith. Considerable portions of the S.W. of 

 Scotland were also filled in by Mr. Austen.^ 



Many pleasant excursions were made from time to time by Mr. 

 Austen, in company with other Fellows of the Geological Society. 

 Thus in 1849, he accompanied Messrs. Prestwich, Morris, and A. 

 Tylor to the Crag district at Chillesford, in Suffolk ; an account of 

 which was afterwards published by Mr. Prestwich, and to whose 

 observations made at this time we date the introduction of that local 

 and debateable deposit known as the " Chillesford Clay." 



In 1852 Mr. Austen, together with Edward Forbes, D. Sharpe, 

 Mr. Prestwich and Mr. Tylor, visited Tournay and Mons ; and again 

 in 1865, he visited Belgium, in company with Mr. W. J. Hamilton, 

 Mr. Prestwich, Capt. D. Galton, Mr. W. W. Smyth, Mr. Busk and 

 Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys. Mr. Austen's observations on the Belgian 

 Tertiaries were in part made during these excursions. 



Mr. Austen was a Member of the Committee formed in 1858 for 

 the pui'pose of reporting on the Exploration of Brixham Cave; and 

 the Eeport, which was drawn up in 1872 by Prof. Prestwich, was 

 signed by Mr. Busk, Mr. Austen and Prof. Eamsay. 



Mr. Godwin- Austen took but little part in the proceedings of the 

 Geological Society after 1877, when he retired from the Council. 

 He was, however, a Justice of the Peace, and Deputy-Lieutenant 

 for the County of Surrey. He died at Shalford House, near Guild- 

 ford, on the 25th November, 1884, aged 76. 



As remarked in "Nature" (Dec. 4, 1884), "It is some consolation 

 to geologists, who mourn the quenching of one of their luminaries, 

 that his place is taken by a son who, by scientific labours in India 

 and in this country, has proved himself a worthy successor." 



Horace B. Woodwakd. 



List of Geological "Works and Papers of the late E. A. C. Godwin -Austen, 

 B.A., F.E.S., F.G.S. 



1835; — 1. An Account of the Eaised Beach, near Hope's Nose, in Devonshire, and 



other recent Disturhances in that Neighbourhood. Proc. Geol. Soc. vol. ii. 



pp. 102, 103 ; and Phil. Mag. vol. vi. pp. 63, 64. 

 1836. — 2. On the part of Devonshire between the Ex and Berry Head, and the 



Coast and Dartmoor. Proc. Geol Soc. vol. ii. pp. 414, 415. 

 1838. — 3. On the Geology of the South-east of Devonshire. Proc. Geol. Soc. vol. 



ii. pp. 684-589 ; Trans. Geol. Soc. ser. 2. vol. vi. pp. 433-4h9 (1842).' 

 1838. — 4. On the Origin of the Limestones in Devonshire. Proc. Geol. Soc. vol. ii. 



pp. 669, 670. 

 1839. — 5. On the structure of South Devon (or the general relations of the various 



bands of Slates, Limestones, and Sandstones in South Devon). Proc. Geol. 



Soc. vol. iii. pp. 123, 124. 

 1839. — 6. Considerations on Geological Evidence and Influences. Eept. Brit. Assoc. 



for 1838, Trans, of Sections, p. 93. 

 1840.— 7. Note on the Organic Eemains of the Limestones and Slates of South 



Devon. Ibid. 1839, p. 69. 



1 W. J. Hamilton, Address to Geol. Soc. 1865, p. 33. 



- In this memoir are given in a condensed form the substance of papers Nos. 1, 2,' 

 3, 4, 6, and 9. 



