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T. Davidson, Esq., F.G.S. — On the Carboniferous System in Scotland cha- 

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FoREiaN Correspondence. Gommunicated by Count Marschal .... 477 

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First Traces of Man on the Earth 478 



Meeting of the British Association. 



Mr. J. Price's Queries on Slickensides, with Eeplies by Professor 



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Bev. W. S. Symonds. — On some Fishes and Tracks from the Passage-Rocks, 



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H. C. SoRBT, Esq., F.R.S. — On the Origin of the Structure called Cone in Cone 485 

 Proceedings of Geological Societies. 



Geological Society of London 486 



Geologists' Association 488 



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