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the now-buried Charnian range. He deprecated the citation of 

 fossils or rock-types from the Drift, in connection with the Bunter 

 pebble-beds. 



Mr. H. H. Thomas said that local rocks were undoubtedly present 

 in considerable degree in the district between Budleigh Salterton 

 and the Somerset coast. The pebble-beds were not so thick as 

 appeared at first sight, as there were considerable beds of sand 

 interbedded with them. Part of the deposit was of southern 

 origin. 



Mr. Scrivenor said that he had found staurolite along the outcrop 

 of the Bunter as far as Stourton, in Cheshire, and this mineral was 

 common at Budleigh Salterton, but he did not think that any 

 importance could be attached to this as bearing on the origin of the 

 material. 



Mr. A. P. Young said that, setting aside the question whether a 

 big river could or could not have been the agent of transport, the 

 great distance assigned for the source of the pebbles did not in itself 

 bar the Author's hypothesis. The great terminal moraine (Baltischer 

 Hohenriicken) of the North German plain was an instance in point. 

 The distance over which the Scandinavian boulders were transported 

 was of the same order of magnitude ; and the abundance of the 

 material was such that the quarrying of the moraine-ridges con- 

 stituted a thriving industry. 



The Author, in reply, said that he was glad to note that none of 

 the facts advanced by him had been questioned. He had already 

 anticipated some objections. The scope of the paper was limited 

 by the title. He had done some little positive work, but he 

 recognized how much still remained to be done. The palseon- 

 tological evidence, so far as he had been able to present it, 

 was highly important, and must be dealt with in any future 

 investigations. 



