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and in his first work, ' Geological Essays' (1864), he gave a sketch 

 of the geology of Manchester and its neighbourhood. About the 

 year 1862 he settled in Norwich, as sub-editor of the ' Norwich 

 Mercury,' and stirred up much interest in the geology of the country 

 round the old city. He drew attention to the disturbed Chalk at 

 Whitlingham, Swainsthorpe, and other places ; he pointed out the 

 differences in the Mollusca preserved in the two shell-beds in the 

 Norwich Crag at Bramerton ; and, in conjunction with the late 

 John Gunn, he established the Norwich Geological Society, which 

 is now incorporated with the Norfolk Naturalists' Society. Before 

 these local societies, and the British Association, the results of his 

 geological observations were chiefly brought : and records of his 

 work are printed in the earlier volumes of the Geological Magazine. 

 In 1866 he published a little introduction to geology, entitled 

 1 Lithographs,' and subsequently other popular works on natural 

 history flowed from his pen. In 1872 he was appointed Curator 

 to the Ipswich Museum, a post from which he retired through 

 ill-health about two years ago. He contributed a capital ' Sketch 

 of the Geology of Suffolk ' to White's History of the county. For 

 many years he was editor of * Science Gossip ' ; while his science 

 lectures at Ipswich and elsewhere were widely appreciated. Of 

 late years he was a strong advocate of the search for coal in East 

 Anglia. Dr. J. E. Taylor was present in the Geological Section of the 

 British Association at Ipswich in September last, and spoke on the 

 subject of the deep boring in search of coal at Stutton. He then 

 definitely stated his opinion that, although unfavourable to the anti- 

 cipations and hopes of himself and others, the boring had brought 

 up a sample of the Yoredale Shales below the real Coal-measures. 

 He died at Ipswich on September 28th, 1895. 



The Rev. Edward Duke, M.A., J.P., was elected a Fellow of 

 the Geological Society in 1856. He was author of a book entitled 

 ' Beneath the Surface, or Physical Truths, especially Geological.' 

 He died at Lake House, near Salisbury, on Oct. 17th, 1895. 



In Senor Don Antonio del Castillo, Director of the National 

 School of Engineers, and of the Geological Survey of Mexico, 

 America has lost a most able geologist, and the Geological Society 

 a distinguished Foreign Correspondent. He was the author of a 

 descriptive ' Catalogue of the Iron and Stone Meteorites of Mexico ' 

 (8vo, Paris, 1885), ' The Fossil Fauna of the Sierra de Catorce, San 



