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GEOLOGY 





' i ■ ,1 ' ! ' I D i . EDWARD \- MARTIN, K.G.S. 

 RIAL NOTI Ms 



n m r l nt:i,'.i fr< in th ii hi ilid i . 



p irr.l h nli geological notes, made while 



away. May I remind them thai n always 



::. 1 1 1 • l to find p tl • 



which may be of interest. We arc anxious 



cal c ilumns shall he besl 



i ■ 'i bi ilc ;i 'i iiudj . and ai the same 



i l. up ntar gci ilogisl should 



ii 'i be ■ iverloi iked. Si IENC1 Gi tssif is in'- 



i s, and we shall be 

 ,ed if the beginner will make use 

 1 1| these ci ilumns w hen i res i lucidal ii in of a 

 ' il briefly li 



ii herein. 



■ i • i in Chalk. Mr. < '. < '. 

 Fryer lias obtained from Mr. i 



ii, « In. Ii the lattei found in thi 



l!i 



■ 'I ,i dark tmbei coloui and burns freely, 



I pi . ii 



. a triile inn! ii es, and measui 



half inches 1 rices on 



one side ol exposure on the face o fl so that 



' losl li> sub-aerial de- 



rhe finder had on previous occasions 



red in the same locality pieces ol « 1. In 



eous beds other than chalk, an extensive flora 

 has been discovered, as recorded in Si ikn< E'Gossir, 

 N.S., Vol. iv., p. 158. 



I retai ei 11 • Beds oi Fi ilkestone. Folkestone 



venienl place for studying geology. 1 >n the 



west there is the Lower I ireensand, such as the Hythe, 

 Sandgate, and Folkestone Beds, called after the places 

 where they w 1 fin examined. The last-named 

 forms the East Cliff. \i Copl Poinl the Gault rises 

 from beneath the higher beds with phosphatic nodules 

 .11 its base. Gradually lower beds are exposed, lill 



is ind crops up, then 1 Gi < lhalk 



and Chalk Marl. Fossils found in the llythe Beds 



ten cineta, Lima cottaldina, Cy ngulata, 



Cardita fenestriata, Cucitllaea txaltata, Trigonia, 



Panopaea plicata, Thetis fyii, Gervillia 



and Terehratula sella. The Sandgate Beds contain 



but few fossils, but in the Folkestone Beds there are 



large Exog) 1 innata. The Chalk Marl is much 



faulted; in some placi il ouches the shore, and in 



others ii is ten or twelve feet above it. Fossils found 



in the Gault art.- Inoceramus concentricus, /. sulcatns, 



Nitatla pectinata, Aporrhais marginata, D, utalium 



•unites minimus, B. attenuatus, 



Ammonite splendens, .1. tuberculatus, .1. varicorus, 



Hernia lothers. 



-G. 1 Crouch 



, London. 



R \ 1 e 01 Ii e-Fi o\v. 1 . ns made by 



Mr. E. I. Garwood in Spitzbergen, in i s "7- the ice- 

 sheet seemed to indicate a rate of moven 

 less than 15 to 20 feet in 24 hours, whilst the glaciers 

 near the sea-margin appeared to be travelling aboul 

 25 feet in the 



The death is annoui 11 



St. Andrew s, .1 botanist ol >oi ■ p>il. 



re and Kinn 



Mils Ayr 1 1 in occupied the 1 hail tl 



;i of the recenl W n's International College. 



Astronomy was re| n a- lie. Klumpl 1 



the observatory at 1'aiis; Geology by Miss Raisin of 

 Bedford College; Chemi 1 Miss Dorothj 



Marshall of Gtrton ; Bacterioloj Mrs. Percy 



Frankland, and Biology by Miss I thel Sargant. 



The sum 11I '/,'45,ooo. the amount allotted 

 1 lovernmenl towards the expi 

 National Antarctic Expedition is rather disappointing. 

 This is especially so as it leaves the amount of 

 £100,000, the estimated ■ of the undertaking, short 

 by some ,£15,000. It is d il the Australasian 



Colonies rnaj come forward with pan of the desired 

 financial aid siill necessary. 



Tiik " Mairicul.i ion D rei l . published 



by Mr. W. B. < Ti\ ■ 1 Universil I II 1 Press, 

 contains exhaustive information concerning the Science 

 and An examinations ol thi London Univei 

 Though iis title is simply mal il gives the 



intending student all details he can require with 

 regard to preparad Intermediate Scientific 



and the Bachelor ol Science exi lations, the best 



text books, and the points to which special prepara- 

 - mid be given. 



Writing in the "Entomologist" for June, Mr. 

 I. Henry Fowler of Ringwood, draws attention to the 

 number ol moths floating on the surface of tan pits. 

 The fluid contained in these pit* i-. largely an essence 



il • ' il. bai !.. I te suggi I liquor from the 



lanyards mighl be tri d 1 1! 1* rs a substitute 



for treacle in attracting moths." We imagine mosl 

 1 ollectors would prefer to put another "good liquor " 

 into their treacle — or elsewhere. Still it may be 

 worth a trial. 



THE Manchester Museum has acquired the Dressei 

 ( ollection of Birds. The author of the " Birds of 

 Europe" has spared neither trouble nor expense to 

 make ihis collection as complete as possible, his 

 special aim having been to render it of utility to 

 workers. Il contains the allied specie, from the 

 Palaearctic region generally, and also the materials 

 used by Mr. Dresser in preparing his monograph on 

 bee-eaters tnd 1 oilers. 



Salinity 01 Seawater.— A friend who lives 



here and bailies every morning in summer, tells me 

 that the sea is apparently much more salt than usual 

 on some few days. This only occurs once or twice 

 during the summer. He noticed thai it was so a day 

 or two ago. [s it a fact that the sea in the English 

 Channel is more salt sometimes than at others? I: so, 

 what is the cause? Also, is the sea more salt on the 

 coasl ol Wales than in the Channel? for the same 

 friend found it apparently so on the coasl of \ 1 

 Wales last summer. I am sorry I cannot give 

 more detail as to wind, tide, etc-, but these particulars 

 have not been noted. — Frank Sieh, ■..,.■'., The 

 Vicarage, Sh 



