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Prof. J. Prestwich. On the Evidences of a [Mar. 9, 



Startin (J.) A Pharmacopoeia for Diseases of the Skin. Third 

 Edition. 12mo. London 1892. The Author. 



Uslar (Baron P. K.) Ethnography f the Caucasus. Linguistics. 

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du Caucase. 



Weber (W.) Werke. Band III. Theil 1. 8vo. Berlin 1893. 



Konigl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 

 zu Gottingen. 



Woodward (H.) ? F.R.S. Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B. 8vo. London 



1893. The Author. 



March 9, 1893. 



Sir JOHN EVANS, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Vice-President and 

 Treasurer, in the Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



Professor Dewar made an oral statement to the effect that he 

 had succeeded in freezing liquefied atmospheric air into a clear trans- 

 parent solid. Whether this solid is a jelly of solid nitrogen con- 

 taining liquid oxygen, or a true ice of liquid air, in which both 

 oxygen and nitrogen exist in the solid form, was, however, stated to 

 be a question for further research. 



The following Papers were read : — 



I. " On the Evidences of a Submergence of Western Europe 

 and of the Mediterranean Coasts at the close of the 

 Glacial or so-called Post-Glacial Period, and immediately 

 preceding the Neolithic or Recent Period." By Joseph 

 Prestwich, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., Corr. Inst. France, &c. 

 Received December 15, 1892. 



(Abstract.) 



In a communication made early this year (1892) to the Geological 

 Society, the author showed that in the South of England, besides the 

 superficial drift deposits of river, sea, and glacial origin, there was 

 yet another which could not be refered to any of these agencies, and 

 which he was led to conclude was the result of a submergence of not 

 less than 1000 feet at the close of the so-called Post- Glacial Period. 

 This drift, unlike the others, does not contain either fluviatile or 



