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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [Nov. 
  18, 
  

  

  possessed 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  volcanos, 
  some 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  size. 
  Even 
  

   now, 
  very 
  little 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  concerning 
  its 
  geology 
  and 
  palae- 
  

   ontology, 
  although 
  several 
  collections 
  of 
  rocks 
  and 
  fossils 
  have 
  been 
  

   brought 
  or 
  sent 
  from 
  thence 
  to 
  Europe, 
  so 
  that 
  this 
  paucity 
  of 
  infor- 
  

   mation 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  attributed 
  more 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  published 
  descrip- 
  

   tions 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  materials. 
  

  

  Mijnheer 
  Junghuhn, 
  whose 
  admirable 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Physical 
  Fea- 
  

   tures, 
  Botany, 
  and 
  Geology 
  of 
  Java* 
  is 
  most 
  elaborate, 
  sent 
  to 
  Leij- 
  

   den 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  rocks 
  and 
  fossils 
  in 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  

   devoted 
  to 
  geology. 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  fossils 
  (except 
  the 
  Plants) 
  

   was 
  entrusted 
  to 
  Mijnheer 
  Herklots, 
  who 
  published, 
  in 
  1854, 
  under 
  

   the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  Government, 
  the 
  " 
  Fourth 
  Part 
  " 
  (although 
  

   really 
  the 
  first, 
  being 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  as 
  yet 
  published) 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  workf, 
  

   which 
  promises 
  to 
  be, 
  when 
  completed, 
  a 
  most 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  

   our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  palaeontology 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Archipelago. 
  The 
  

   same 
  author 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  engaged 
  upon 
  the 
  Gasteropods 
  contained 
  

   in 
  M. 
  Junghuhn's 
  collection, 
  and 
  this 
  second 
  instalment 
  will 
  pro- 
  

   bably 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  next 
  year. 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  fos- 
  

   sil 
  Plants, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  Ii. 
  Goeppert 
  J, 
  was 
  also 
  published 
  in 
  1854, 
  with 
  

   the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  Government. 
  

  

  The 
  conclusions 
  arrived 
  at 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Goeppert 
  will 
  be 
  considered 
  

   presently 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  must 
  be 
  content 
  to 
  wait 
  for 
  those 
  of 
  M. 
  Herklots 
  

   until 
  after 
  he 
  has 
  finished 
  the 
  laborious 
  investigation 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  

   has 
  been 
  engaged 
  for 
  so 
  many 
  years. 
  

  

  In 
  M. 
  Junghuhn's 
  volume 
  on 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Java, 
  the 
  stratigra- 
  

   phical 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  rocks, 
  in 
  each 
  locality 
  treated 
  of, 
  are 
  given 
  

   in 
  great 
  detail; 
  and 
  copious 
  lists 
  of 
  fossils, 
  with 
  references 
  to 
  the 
  

   specimens, 
  are 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  localities. 
  

   Unfortunately, 
  however, 
  implicit 
  confidence 
  cannot 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   determinations. 
  M. 
  Junghuhn 
  did 
  not, 
  apparently, 
  endeavour 
  to 
  

   trace 
  any 
  order 
  of 
  succession 
  between 
  the 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  Island, 
  nor 
  has 
  he 
  recorded 
  the 
  beds 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  fos- 
  

   sils 
  were 
  obtained, 
  but 
  merely 
  the 
  localities. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  

   the 
  publication 
  of 
  this 
  paper 
  will 
  induce 
  M. 
  de 
  Groot, 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  

   Society 
  is 
  indebted 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  described, 
  to 
  en- 
  

   deavour 
  to 
  trace 
  an 
  order 
  of 
  superposition, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  

   stratum 
  from 
  which 
  each 
  fossil 
  is 
  obtained. 
  

  

  At 
  least 
  two 
  collections 
  of 
  Javan 
  fossils 
  exist 
  in 
  Germany, 
  namely, 
  

   one 
  at 
  Vienna, 
  which 
  was 
  sent 
  there 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Hochstetter, 
  and 
  forms 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  voyage 
  of 
  the 
  Austrian 
  

   frigate 
  ' 
  Novara,' 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  Berlin, 
  having 
  been 
  forwarded 
  

   by 
  Herr 
  von 
  Richthofen. 
  

  

  In 
  1854 
  Dr. 
  Hochstetter 
  wrote 
  from 
  Batavia 
  to 
  Director 
  Hai- 
  

  

  * 
  Java, 
  seine 
  Gestalt, 
  Pflanzendecke, 
  und 
  innere 
  Bauart. 
  Von 
  Franz 
  

   Junghuhn. 
  

  

  t 
  Fossiles 
  de 
  Java 
  : 
  Description 
  des 
  restes 
  fossiles 
  d'aniinaux 
  des 
  terrains 
  

   tertiaires 
  de 
  Pile 
  de 
  Java, 
  recueillis 
  sur 
  les 
  lieux 
  par 
  M. 
  Fr. 
  Junghuhn. 
  Par 
  

   J. 
  A. 
  Herklots. 
  4 
  me 
  Partie, 
  Echinodermes. 
  Leyde, 
  1854. 
  

  

  $ 
  Die 
  Tertiarflora 
  auf 
  der 
  Insel 
  Java, 
  nach 
  den 
  Entdeckungen 
  des 
  Herrn 
  Fr. 
  

   Junghuhn. 
  Von 
  H. 
  E. 
  Goeppert. 
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  1854. 
  

  

  