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separated by a considerable interval of time, the last one being 

 probably within the human period. The souale would seem 

 to be a mixture of clay washed down from the land, with 

 the sand left by the retreating sea. 



2. — Mansell Street, St. Peter-Port. 

 In excavating behind Mr. Wallis's shop, the rock was 

 found to be diorite with intrusive veins of pegmatite. The 

 diorite contained numerous crystals of orthoclase felspar, 

 probably introduced by the intrusive veins. 



3. — Vazon Bay. 

 In excavating the foundations of the new sea-wall at the 

 Tower enclosure, the section exposed consisted of sand 

 and gravel underlaid by a foot of peat, below which was found 

 bluish sandy clay with rootlets ; being a variety of " souale." 

 This was only penetrated to a foot in depth. The peat layer 

 was about 2 feet above mean sea level. The roots of a tree 

 were found in the peat. In the sand above the peat some 

 human bones were found which have been deposited in the 

 Guille-Alles Museum. They presumably do not date back 

 to the Neolithic period, but more probably form part 

 of the remains of an individual belonging to the early centuries 

 of our era. 



C. G. De La Mare, Sec. Geol. Sect. 



Report of Section for Marine Zoology. 



In my report last year I had to bemoan the paucity of 

 workers in this branch of our Society. There is no section 

 in which more remains to be done, or in which there are 

 more rewards in store for the systematic and painstaking 

 searcher. In spite of this and notwithstanding the exceptional 

 advantages which Guernsey and the neighbouring islands 

 possess, practically all the work has been done by one 

 member — Mr. E. W. Sharp. 



Is it because shore-hunting is supposed to be undignified, 

 or is it because the harmless enthusiast, who goes grovelling 

 among the rocks and pools, does so simply because he has 

 neither the energy to play golf, nor sufficient brains to play 

 bridge ? And yet some men, whose names loom large on the 

 pages of science, have not thought this study beneath them. 



As we wander along by the seashore and seek out and 

 contemplate the wonders and beauties of nature, we experience 

 the delightful emotions which the contemplation of unbounded 

 beauty and beneficence ever calls up in the cultured mind, and 



