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  JENKINS 
  JAVAN 
  FOSSILS. 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  ' 
  Algerine,' 
  and 
  of 
  Mr. 
  James 
  H. 
  Kerr, 
  of 
  H.M.S. 
  ' 
  Actseon/ 
  and 
  the 
  

   useful 
  assistance 
  of 
  his 
  friend 
  Tskahara, 
  a 
  Japanese 
  officer 
  attached 
  

   to 
  the 
  'Dove.' 
  The 
  specimens 
  obtained* 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  Japan 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  1861, 
  and 
  were 
  forwarded, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  notes 
  on, 
  and 
  

   sketches 
  of, 
  the 
  localities, 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  through 
  Sir 
  It. 
  I. 
  

   Murchison. 
  

  

  The 
  chief 
  locality 
  is 
  Fossil 
  Point, 
  Tanabe, 
  which 
  district 
  the 
  

   author 
  designates 
  the 
  " 
  Italy 
  of 
  Japan 
  " 
  ; 
  he 
  remarks 
  that 
  the 
  cape 
  

   of 
  Tanabe 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  range 
  of 
  hills 
  rising 
  in 
  ridges 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  

   of 
  590 
  feet, 
  and 
  intersected 
  by 
  deep 
  ravines. 
  On 
  the 
  sea-coast 
  the 
  

   rock 
  is 
  everywhere 
  sandstone, 
  and 
  the 
  reefs 
  abounding 
  in 
  the 
  bay 
  

   are 
  composed 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  rock; 
  but 
  he 
  mentions 
  a 
  particular 
  cave, 
  

   at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  350 
  feet, 
  which 
  was 
  in 
  a 
  hard, 
  black, 
  and 
  lichen- 
  

   covered 
  limestone. 
  Wherever 
  the 
  stratification 
  was 
  observed 
  it 
  was 
  

   horizontal. 
  

  

  The 
  cape 
  is 
  further 
  described 
  as 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  plain, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  

   miles 
  inland 
  the 
  mountains 
  rise 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  2000 
  to 
  4000 
  

   feet; 
  the 
  hills 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  are 
  low 
  and 
  undulating, 
  and 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   shores 
  are 
  formed 
  chiefly 
  of 
  iron-bound 
  cliffs. 
  

  

  3. 
  On 
  some 
  Tertiary 
  Mollusca 
  from 
  Mount 
  Sela, 
  in 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  

   Java. 
  By 
  H. 
  M. 
  Jenkins, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  Assistant-Secretary 
  of 
  

   the 
  Geological 
  Society. 
  With 
  a 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  Coral 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  locality, 
  and 
  a 
  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Scindian 
  Fossil 
  Corals 
  ; 
  by 
  

   P. 
  Martin 
  Duncan, 
  M.B., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  [Plates 
  VI. 
  & 
  VII.] 
  

   Contents. 
  

  

  I. 
  Introduction. 
  

  

  1. 
  Bibliography 
  of 
  Javan 
  Geo- 
  

  

  lo 
  gy- 
  

  

  2. 
  Geology 
  of 
  the 
  Mount-Sela 
  

   District. 
  

  

  3. 
  Remarks 
  on 
  the 
  new 
  Species. 
  

   II. 
  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Species. 
  

  

  III. 
  Conclusion. 
  

  

  1. 
  Emigration 
  eastwards 
  of 
  the 
  

   European 
  Miocene 
  Fauna 
  and 
  

   its 
  influence 
  on 
  the 
  contem- 
  

  

  poraneity 
  of 
  Tertiary 
  Forma- 
  

   tions. 
  

  

  2. 
  Percentage 
  of 
  Recent 
  Species. 
  

  

  3. 
  Affinities 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  Species. 
  

  

  4. 
  Nummulitic 
  Formation 
  of 
  India 
  

  

  (including 
  a 
  Note 
  on 
  the 
  Scin- 
  

   dian 
  Fossil 
  Coi-als, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Dun- 
  

   can). 
  

  

  5. 
  Evidences 
  of 
  Physical 
  Conditions. 
  

  

  6. 
  Age 
  of 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  Formation 
  of 
  

  

  Java. 
  

  

  § 
  I. 
  Introduction. 
  

  

  1. 
  Bibliography 
  of 
  Javan 
  Geology. 
  — 
  Until 
  very 
  recently 
  the 
  Island 
  

   of 
  Java, 
  notwithstanding 
  its 
  having 
  been 
  a 
  Dutch 
  colony 
  for 
  more 
  

   than 
  a 
  century 
  and 
  a 
  half, 
  was 
  almost 
  a 
  terra 
  incognita 
  to 
  the 
  geo- 
  

   logist, 
  the 
  only 
  familiar 
  fact 
  relating 
  to 
  its 
  geology 
  being 
  that 
  it 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  specimens 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Society's 
  Museum 
  ; 
  they 
  consist 
  of 
  pieces 
  of 
  sand- 
  

   stone, 
  containing 
  a 
  few 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  Turritella, 
  Cancellaria, 
  Murex, 
  

   Area, 
  Cytherea, 
  Cardium, 
  &c, 
  the 
  shelly 
  matter 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  

   replaced 
  by 
  gypsum. 
  As 
  regards 
  their 
  probable 
  age 
  see 
  p. 
  63, 
  footnote. 
  — 
  Edit. 
  

  

  