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Fossil bones when friable may have something of their 

 original condition restored to them by repeated soakings in a 

 weak solution of glue. 



Fossils in the form of casts or moulds are for the most part 

 valueless. 



The most useful form of hammer is one of solid steel, short 

 and squared at the head, and the other side drawn to a point ; 

 the handle should have inches marked on it. A chisel is indis- 

 pensable for cutting out fossils from rock surfaces. Old files 

 make excellent chisels. 



Specimens of rocks, minerals, and fossils should be separately 

 wrapped in paper. Delicate fossils should be packed in saw- 

 dust or bran. 



Natural or artificial exposures of rocks should be measured 

 in detail, the magnetic direction of the face of the section, 

 and the amount of inclination of the beds to be noted. Take 

 an example of each bed, numbering it correspondingly with 

 the defining number in your description. Examine weathered 

 surface for fossils, and state from what stratum of the section 

 they have been obtained, and the frequency of their occurrence. 



The following particulars relating to well sinking or borings 

 are much desired by the Society. " Forms," to be filled up, 

 will be supplied on application : — 



SITE OF BORING OE WELL. 



(To be described as accurately as possible. 



HEIGHT OP SURFACE of ground above the sea at low water 

 (stating whether found by spirit level, or barometer, or estimated.) 



SIZE OF HOLE 

 and how sunk. 







Depth in feet below 

 the Surface. 



Nature of Strata. 



*Remarks. 



From 



To 













* In remarks column refer to numbered specimens of strata and fossils 

 found therein, which may accompany this statement. Also give depth at 

 which water was found, stating whether fresh, salt, brackish, or mineral, 

 and give any other information which may be of scientific or economic value. 



Date- 



Signature of Observer — 



N.B. — The full equipment of a naturalist comprises a 

 great variety of articles ; but, under any circumstances, he 

 considers the following indispensable: — Pencil, note-book, 

 knife, string, pins, paper for wrapping, and match-box. 



