of bears, hyaenas, &c. in the caves of Germany, England and France. 

 He attributes the same date also to the bones of similar animals 

 that are found buried in the sediments of the antediluvian fresh-wa- 

 ter lake of the Upper Val d'Arno. 



Dec. 1 . — Henry Peile, Esq., of Hyde Park Place, West ; and 

 Henry Witham, Esq., of Lartington Hall, Yorkshire, were elected 

 Fellows of the Society. 



An extract of a letter from B. de Basterot, Esq. to Dr. Fitton, 

 V.P.G.S. was read. 



The author gives a short account of the succession of the strata 

 in the vicinity of Folkstone, about which there had existed some 

 uncertainty ; from whence it appears that the Folkstone marl (or 

 Gault) is separated from the lowest beds of the chalk by a stratum 

 of green-sand, and is itself succeeded by sand and stone also abound- 

 ing in green particles. The order being as follows : 1 st, white chalk ; 

 2nd, gray chalk ; 3rd, (a.) sand containing green particles, and indi- 

 stinct organic remains, (b.) marl of a dirty white colour mixed with 

 the sand, and containing compact nodules ; 4th, the blue marl of 

 Folkstone (Gault) with Hamites, Inocerami, Ammonites and a 

 small Belemnite ; 5th, thick beds of sand and sandstone full of green 

 particles, but void of organic remains. 



The reading of a paper was commenced, entitled " Additional 

 notes on part of the opposite coasts of France and England, inclu- 

 ding some account of the Lower Boulonnois, by W. H. Fitton, 

 M.D. V.P.G.S." 



Dec. 15. — Sir Henry Calvert, Baronet, was elected a Fellow of 

 the Society. 



The reading of Dr. Fitton's paper, begun at the last meeting, was 

 concluded. — Since the reading of a former communication of the 

 author, the correct identification of the beds beneath the chalk sug- 

 gested by Mr. Lyell, and an examination of the strata in the vicinity 

 of Weymouth, have enabled him to compare some portions of the 

 country on the opposite sides of the English Channel more accu- 

 rately than before was practicable : and he now, 1 st, describes in 

 detail the strata which succeed the chalk in the vicinity of Folk- 

 stone ; and 2ndly, gives a general description of the Lower Bou- 

 lonnois. 



