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prevailing direction of the veins was stated to be nearly north, and south ; 

 and the author remarked that they were richer in gold near the surface 

 than at greater depths. 



2. " On the Red Rock in the Section at Hunstanton." By Mr. 

 Harry Seeley, P.G.S., of the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. — The 

 physical structure of the rock was first considered, and it was shown to 

 be divisible into three beds, the uppermost of which is of a much lighter 

 colour than the rest, the middle being concretionary in structure, and the 

 lower sandy. These three beds, with the overlying white sponge-bed, 

 were considered to belong to one formation, and were treated of in this 

 paper as the Hunstanton Rock ; but the thin band of red chalk some dis- 

 tance above was considered, though of similar colour, to be quite distinct, 

 as also was the Carstone below. 



Mr. Seeley then showed that near Cambridge the Shanklin sands and 

 the G-ault have both become very thin, so that there is a great probability 

 of the latter being unconformable to the beds above as well as to those 

 below. He considered the lower part of the Carstone to be of the age of 

 the Shanklin sands ; and as the chalk is not unconformable to the Hun- 

 stanton rock, he concluded that the latter could not be the Gault, but must 

 be the Upper Greensand, — a conclusion which he afterwards showed was 

 supported by the evidence of the fossils, and the occurrence of phosphate 

 of lime. 



The seam of soapy clay which separates the Hunstanton rock from the 

 chalk was supposed to have resulted from the disintegration of a portion of 

 the former, the red colour of which the author endeavoured to show was 

 due to Glauconite. 



The upper part of the red rock of Speeton was thought to be possibly 

 newer than that of Hunstanton, and perhaps to represent the time which 

 elapsed between the formation of the latter and that of the band of red 

 chalk. 



In conclusion, Mr. Seeley remarked that as the phosphate of lime is con- 

 fined to Bed No. 2, and as many individuals of Gault species occur in Bed 

 No. 3, Avhile others of a chalk character are met with in Bed No. 1, it is 

 very probable that the Hunstanton rock is a more typical example of the 

 Upper Greensand than is seen at Cambridge, and may represent also those 

 periods which separate that formation from other divisions of the Cretace- 

 ous system. 



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On some Mammalian Remains from the Neighbourhood of 

 Vienna. By Dr. Zittel. — A beautifully preserved upper jaw of Anchi- 

 therium Aurelianense has been found in the brown coal of Leiding, near 

 Pitten (south of Vienna). Since the late Mr. Partsch some years since 

 stated the occurrence of this remarkable species in the Neogene limestone 

 of Brack, on the Leitha (south-east of Vienna), it has not been found within 

 the basin of Vienna. The jaw under notice, an inferior tooth from the 

 marine sands of Grossbach, and an upper tooth from the brackish " Tegel " 

 of Nussdorf (west of Vienna), prove this animal to have occurred in each 

 of the three periods during which mammalia made their appearance within 

 the Vienna basin. 



On some Upper Cretaceous Cosloptychia. By Director Homes. — 

 Mr. Grotrian, of Brunswick, has presented the Imperial Museum of 



