﻿THE 
  

  

  QUARTERLY 
  JOURNAL 
  

  

  OF 
  

  

  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY 
  OF 
  LONDON, 
  

  

  PROCEEDINGS 
  

  

  OF 
  

  

  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  February 
  24, 
  1864. 
  

  

  Edward 
  EastoD, 
  Esq., 
  49 
  Upper 
  Bedford 
  Place, 
  Russell 
  Square 
  ; 
  

   George 
  Maw, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S., 
  F.S.A., 
  Benthall 
  Hall, 
  near 
  Broseley 
  ; 
  

   Joseph 
  Elliot 
  Square, 
  Esq., 
  4 
  Stanley 
  Crescent, 
  Kensington 
  Park, 
  W. 
  ; 
  

   and 
  Edward 
  B. 
  Tawney, 
  Esq., 
  Assoc. 
  Royal 
  School 
  of 
  Mines, 
  were 
  

   elected 
  Fellows. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Further 
  Discoveries 
  of 
  Flint 
  Implements 
  and 
  Fossil 
  Mammals 
  

   in 
  the 
  Valley 
  of 
  the 
  Ouse. 
  By 
  James 
  Wyatt, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  

  

  Since 
  my 
  communication 
  to 
  this 
  Society 
  of 
  discoveries 
  of 
  Flint 
  

   Implements 
  associated 
  with 
  fossil 
  remains 
  of 
  extinct 
  Mammalia 
  in 
  

   the 
  Post-tertiary 
  gravels 
  near 
  Bedford, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  

   to 
  have 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  examining 
  in 
  this 
  valley 
  several 
  good 
  

   sections 
  ; 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  especially 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  desirable 
  to 
  have 
  

   a 
  record, 
  as 
  it 
  furnishes 
  several 
  important 
  data 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  

   question 
  of 
  the 
  Drift. 
  

  

  The 
  opening 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  appeared 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  good 
  

   opportunity 
  of 
  ascertaining 
  whether 
  the 
  gravels 
  at 
  this 
  lower 
  level 
  

   of 
  the 
  Ouse 
  Valley 
  exhibited 
  any 
  phenomena 
  different 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  level 
  at 
  Biddenham. 
  With 
  this 
  view 
  constant 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  made 
  throughout 
  the 
  excavation; 
  and 
  some 
  points 
  of 
  

   evidence 
  were 
  obtained, 
  which 
  tend 
  to 
  support 
  the 
  opinions 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Prestwich 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  different 
  periods 
  and 
  climatal 
  conditions 
  

  

  VOL. 
  XX. 
  PART 
  I. 
  

  

  