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this age in the district, but the fault lay partly in incorrect corre- 

 lation. 



The Dorset strata are correlated with strata in other districts — 

 namely, with those of Dundry and Leckhampton Hills in this 

 country. Of these the author gives sections, pointing out the 

 emata during which the strata of those localities were deposited, and 

 making some alterations in their correlation. 



Passing to Wiirttemberg, the author shows that the equivalent of 

 Waagen's Soiverbyi-zone is exactly represented at Sherborne. Re- 

 turning to Normandy, the author compares his results with the recent 

 work done by ITunier-Chalmas, who in some respects has made an 

 even more detailed subdivision of the strata. In a Table he shows 

 the correspondence between his divisions for Dorset and those of 

 Munier-Chalmas in Normandy and Haug in Southern France. 



2. " On Raised Beaches and Rolled Stones at High Levels in 

 Jersey." By Andrew Dunlop, M.D., F.G.S. 



In this paper the author gives some account of the higher raised 

 beaches examined by him on the south-eastern and eastern coast, but 

 probably found in other parts of the island also, as indicated by the 

 existence of rolled stones &c. These beaches seem to prove sub- 

 mergence (in the case of that at South Hill, to a depth of at least 

 130 feet below the present level) at the end of the ' first glacier 

 period.' 



The brick-clay often lying on raised beach, and containing pebbles, 

 has been compared to loess by the author. He believes that Prof. 

 Prestwich's theory of sudden and rapid upheaval, with a resulting 

 tumultuous sweep of water, may be applied to Jersey ; but also, if 

 the sinking took place at the end of the Glacial Period, the peculiar 

 conditions produced by melting ice may have played their part in 

 producing the brick-clays. 



Subsequent upheaval above the present sea-level is indicated by 

 submerged forests, sometimes lying on the brick-clay. 



No fossils have hitherto been found in the raised beaches ; but a 

 bone of Bos primigenius (?) has been extracted from the brick-clay. 



XXII. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



ACCOMPANY IT. BY G. ZAMBIASI. 

 'THHIS comprises three sets of experiments : — 

 -L I. Application of the O tube of Cailletet and Collardeau to 

 ordinary ether. 



II. Production of Cagniard de Latour's phenomenon with plain 

 tubes containing various quantities of ether. 



III. Production of the same phenomenon, comparing two or 

 three tubes heated in the same bath. 



In the experiment with the O tube the meniscus disappeared at 



