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to the convex surface of the gTOund. 3. Light-coloured Claj ; six to nine 

 feet. 4. Reddish saud; five feet. j\'"ot iu No. 4 shaft. 5. Dark clay; one 

 foot, ten inches. 6. Blue clay; tv^'ofeet. Not in No. 4. 7. Dark clay ; one 

 foot. In No. 1 only. S. Paludina-bed ; six to fifteen inches. Eossils : Pitha- 

 rella Rickmani (Edwards), Pab'/Vnia le,tfa, P. a>!pcra {F). Bones and scales of 

 Eish. Leaves. 9. Cyrena-bed; one to two feet. Ci/reua c('ne[fonuis, &c., 

 10. Oyster-bed; one to three feet. Ostrea tenera, 0. jvjJchra, 0. Bel/oracina, 

 0. elephantopm, 0. echdi/ia, Bysso-arca CaUiandi (?) Cijreua cioielformis, C. 

 deperdlta, C. cordata, C. obor(if(f, ^Lelania i//qi'i,iafa^ jlela/iopsis brevis, ^lodlola 

 elegans, Fimis (?). Cal>/ptra'a trochifurmis, Corhula. 11. Loamy sand; eight 

 inches. In No. 4 only. 13. Blue clay ; fwo feet six inches. Leaves. 14. 

 Dark sand; eight to twenty-eight inches. 15. Blue clay: eighteen inches to 

 nine feet. Laminated ; rich in Leaves, Lignite, Seed-vessels. Rissoa, Cyrena, 

 Pidwichensis (Rickman), C. rordata, C. deperdita, C. cuneiformis. Melcmia 

 hiquinata, ^lelcDiopsis, Xeritina, Pit//a/'eila litc/L/j/aHi (Edvravds), Unio, Teredines 

 in Lignite, Scutes of Crocodile, Eish-scales, Chelonian and Mammalian bones. 

 19. Clay ; fourteen feet and more. Reached only by the main shaft. No. 3, 

 which appears to have been sunk at the apex of a low anticlinal ; the beds 

 gently dipping- away east and west. 



All the fossils appear in their respective beds both at Peckham and Dulwich. 



Glasgow Geological Socti'ty. — It is a great pleasure to us to acknowledge 

 the first printed paper of this sucicly, a jiapcr on the geology of the Campsie 

 district, by Mr. John Young, one of the Vice-Presidents ; and an excellent 

 paper it is. The locality is lucidly described ; sections und borings properly 

 recorded ; and a very careful list of the Carboniferous fossils appended. Mr. 

 Davidson in his adiuiraljle monograph of the Scottish Carboniferous Brachiopoda, 

 published in this journal, has acknowledged the great assistance and stores of 

 material he had received from the Glasgow geologists ; and tliey are well- 

 deserving of praise for the persevering and proper manner in which they have 

 set to work at the geology of their own territory. During the past year they 

 have had lectures and papers on the hypothesis of " Creation by Law by their 

 President, J. P. Eraser, Esq., E.G.S. " On Volcanic Phenomena:" by Professor 

 H. D. Rogers. Eour lectures for beginners : by Thomas Struthers, Esq., Vice- 

 President. " On British Mining :" by Mark Eryar, Esq., of the School of 

 Mines, Glasgow. " On Certain Points of Contact betvv^een Geology and History :" 

 by James Bryce, Esq,, L.L.D., E.G.S. " On the Succession of Extinct Organic 

 Eorms :" by William Keddie, Esq., Eree Church College. " On the Relative 

 Antiquity of Existing Species," and " On Osteology :" by John Scouler, Esq., 

 M.D., L.L.D. " On the Structure, Affinities, and Geological Range of the 

 Eurypterites, or Gigantic Crustaceans of the Palseozoic Era. :" by David Page, 

 Esq., E.G.S. " On the Boulder Drift, Raised Beaches, and Parallel Roads," 

 and " Some Account of the Latest Extinct Terrestrial Animals, and the Traces 

 of Primeval Man by Professor H. D. Rogers. " On the Philosophy of Geo- 

 logy :" by David Page, Esq-, E.G.S. " On the Natural History of the Inver- 

 tebrate Animals in connection with the Extinct Species :" by William Keddie, 

 Esq,, Eree Church CoUege. 



Besides which, during the Summer Session, there have been Excursions under 

 the able direction of the members of the Council, every alternate Saturday. 

 The places thus visited were Dumbuck and Auchenreoch Glen ; Nitshill and 

 neighbourhood ; Campsie ; Strathblane and neighbourhood ; High Blantyre ; 

 Craigenglen. ; Corrie Burn ; Coatbridge and Airdrie. 



The Lectures announced for the ensuing year are : — Eonr Initiatory Lectures 

 " Upon the Principles of Geology :" by Thomas Struthers, Esq., Vice-President. 



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