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the sequence of the deposits and their identity in different sections. 

 He thought that the Forest-bed, the Chillesford beds, the "laminated 

 beds " and the gravelly sands belonged to the same series. It is a 

 question whether the so-called Norwich Crag of the coast is the same 

 as that inland ; Messrs. Wood and Harmer think that it is not. He 

 would caution geologists against forming subdivisions among these 

 beds, as they vary constantly. He thought it probable that the 

 Norwich Crag is newer than the Ked Crag, and that there is no 

 break between the Crag and the Drift. 



Prof. Seeley stated that in 18G3 he had been along the whole of 

 the coast, in company with the late Prof. Sedgwick. The coast was 

 then quite clear, and the beds could be traced all along. The Forest- 

 bed was full of trees, with bones &c. lying about among their roots. 

 East of Cromer a series of beds was shown different from those to 

 tho west. To the west of Cromer the Norwich Crag changed its 

 character, being reduced to a thin calcareous band half an inch thick, 

 in which shells such as usually occur in tho Norwich Crag are to be 

 met with. This thin bed rested immediately upon the Forest-bed, 

 which was therefore below, but possibly in part contemporaneous 

 with the Norwich Crag. 



Mr. Woodwaed considered that Mr. Gunn had done great service 

 to palaeontology by the indefatigable zeal with which he had collected 

 the mammalian remains from the soil of the Forest-bed. He con- 

 sidered that Mr. Gunn had conclusively proved tho existence of tho 

 Forest-bed all along the coast ; but in former times it must havo 

 extended far out into the German Ocean, as specimens of Mammoths' 

 teeth and tusks have been dredged up in abundance by the trawlers 

 off tho Dogger bank, together with a nearly perfect skull of Rhino- 

 ceros leptorkinus. The Antwerp collection mentioned by Mr. Tylor 

 belonged to the same series as the so-called Coprolito diggings ; 

 many of the shells were distinct from those of any of the Crags. He 

 quite agroed with Mr. Gunn that all the mammalian remains found 

 in the Norwich Crag belonged to the Stony bed at the base, resting 

 directly on the denuded surface of the Chalk. 



Mr. Cuarleswokth reiterated his question as to the evidence by 

 which the bed marked Norwich Crag in the section exhibited by 

 Mr. Gunn had been identified. He maintained that the newer beds 

 of tho Norwich Crag could only be identified by means of their cha- 

 racteristic shells ; and he asked Mr. Gunn what evidence of this 

 nature he had to adduce in support of his opinion that the deposit 

 in question was Norwich Crag. He denied positively that the mam- 

 malian remains were only found in the Stony bed. 



Prof. Ramsay congratulated the author on having proved the 

 existence of the Forest-bed, and expressed his gratification at seeing 

 such local points of great geological interest so carefully worked out 

 by observers residing on the spot. 



The Atjthok thanked Mr. Charlesworth and the President for dis- 

 cussing the question as to the identity of the Norwich Crag. He 

 maintained that there had been a regular sequence of deepening 

 conditions. At Easton Bavent the Chillesford Clay rested on Nor- 



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