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that sucli criticism is of itself a proof of our high opinion of the 

 work before us, and of its importance in regard to a full knowledge of 

 the chain of Mammalian existence. We congratulate Prof. Cope on 

 the completion of so much good work, and hope that it is but the 

 earnest of further labours. R. L. 



K/iEi^oiaTS j^j^riD I=I^oo:EE^DI^^C3-s. 



Bkitish Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 Fifty-fifth Meeting, Aberdeen, 1885. 



Section C. — Geology. 



President: Prof. J. W. Judd, F.E.S., Sec. G.S. 



Titles of Papers read September 10th— 16th, 1885. 



The President's Address : — On some Great Problems in Highland 

 Geology. 



H. J. Johnston-Zavis. — Report on the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius. 



Professor J. Milne. — Report on the Earthquake Phenomena of Japan. 



Professor G. A. Lehour. — On a Slight Shock of recent Earthquake 

 in Sunderland. 



Dr. Tempest Anderson. — The Volcanoes of Auvergne illustrated by 

 Photographs shown by the Oxyhydrogen Lantern. 



Professor E. Hull. — Notice of an outline Geological Map of Lower 

 Egypt, Arabia Petrsea, and Palestine. 



Profesaor E. Hull. — On the Cause of the Extreme Dissimilarity 

 between the Faunas of the Red Sea and Mediterranean, not- 

 withstanding their recent connection. (Read in Biology, Sec- 

 tion D.) 



Professor E. Hull. — On the Origin of the Fishes of the Sea of Galilee. 

 (Read in Biology, Section D.) 



Professor E. Hull. — On the Occurrence of Lower Old Red Conglome- 

 rate in the Promontory of the Fanad, North Donegal. 



Professor T. G. Bonney. — On Bastite-Serpentine and Troktolite in 

 Aberdeenshire, with a note on the Rock of the Black Dog. 



Professor W. I. Macadam. — The Aberdeenshire Diatomaceous De- 

 posits : their Extent, Chemical Composition, and Industrial 

 Uses ; with Notes on similar Deposits elsewhere in Scotland. 



W. Whitaker. — List of Works on the Geology, Mineralogy, and 

 Palceontology of Staifordshire. 



Lieut.- Colonel B. L. Playfnr. — On the Re-discovery of Lost Nu- 

 midian Marbles in Algeria and Tunis. 



C. E. Be Eance and W. Topley. — Report of the Committee on the 

 Erosion of the Sea Coasts of England and Wales. 



W. Watson. — The Chasm called " The Black Rock of Kiltearn." 



Pev. Br. Davidson. — The Bass of Inverurie, a remainder of an ancient 

 Alluvial Bed. 



Dr. H. W. Crosshey. — Report of the Committee on the Erratic 

 Blocks of England and Wales. 



