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tinguished, and the conclusion that Eozoon is a veritable animal, 
perhaps the earliest representative of life which we shall ever 
be able to discover, Not that life may not have existed long 
before this particular form came upon the scene, but for obvious 
reasons the earliest life-forms could scarcely survive in fossil-form 
the fearful ordeals to which they have been subjected. As for 
the origin of life itself, we are no nearer the solution of the 
mystery than we were when Eozoon was unknown. We have only 
receded to an earlier date—carried back the story another chapter. 
Life must be either spontaneous or created. The author remarks 
that the former does not seem to be possible now—a statement 
which cannot be called dogmatic—and he therefore prefers to hold 
to the doctrine of creation, We believe his position will commend 
itself to most thoughtful people. In our present state of know- 
ledge the belief in spontaneous generation is unscientific; while 
the view that life is extra-natural is only unscientific because it 's 
beyond the realm of science, while it has the merit of commending 
itself to men who believe that there are realms beyond those 
with which science has to deal.—HiLpERIC FRIEND. 
NOTE—GEOLOGY. 
Lincolnshire Erratics.—The address of our late President, Mr. J. Co 
M.B.O.U., delivered in Leeds in November, which is printed in your last num 
than is generally supposed’ (p. 196). is was not the impression were 
convey when describing the finds in this journal (Nov. and Dec. 1896), 20 logy. 
the Yorkshire side, and Barton and South Ferriby on the Lincolnshire — place 
brought by the Teesdale glacier (which by the way originated in porte ether 
as the Vale of York ice) plus the Scandinavian ice: the two joined tos 
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glacier extended as far as North Lincolnshire. THOMAS SHEPPARD; 
Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists’ Club, 16th July, 1897. erseex'e 
