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to Uic convex surf;icc of tlic gro^'wl' 3. Liglit-coloiircJ Clay ; six to nine 
feet. i. Rcdilisli .sand ; five feet. Not in No. ■!• shaft. 5. Dark clay ; one 
foot, ten inches. 0. Blue clay ; two feet. Not in No. 7. Dark clay ; one 
foot. In No. 1 only. 8. Palndina-bcd ; six to fifteen inches. Fossils : Pillia- 
rdla liicknuiiii (Edwards), PuluiUm lo.n.ta, P. aspcra {?). Bones and scales of 
Fish. Leaves. 9. Cyrena-bcd; one to two feet. Ci/rena cuneifortim, &c., 
10. Oyster-bed ; one to three feet. Odrea tenara, 0. pulchra, 0. Bdlovadna, 
0. ekphcDifopm, 0. edidina, Bi/sso-arca Calliaudi (?) Ci/rena cumiformis, C. 
deperdita, C. cordata, C. obocata, Mfllania inqubiata, Melcmopsis brevis, Modiola 
eler/am, Piisiis (?). Calypti-tm ti-ochiformis, Corbula. 11. Loamy sand; eight 
inches. In No. l- only. 13. Blue clay ; fwo feet six inches. Leaves. 14. 
Dark sand; eight to twenty-oight inches. 15. Blue clay: eighteen inches to 
nine feet. Laminated ; rich in Leaves, Lignite, Seed-vessels. Rixsoa, Cyrena 
Bulwichcims (Jlickmaii), C. cordata, C. deperdita, C. cumiformis. Mdania 
inquimta, Melaiiojhsiii, Neritina, Pithardla Rickmani (Edwards), U9iio, Teredines 
in Lignite, Scutes of Crocodile, Fish-scales, Chelonian and Mammalian bones. 
19. Clay ; fourteen feet and more. Reached only by the main shaft, No. 3, 
which njipears to have been sunk at the apex of a low anticlinal ; the beds 
gently dipping away cast and west. 
All the fossils appear in their respective beds both at Peckham and Dulwich. 
Glasgow Geological Society. — It is a great pleasure to us to acknowledge 
the first printed paper of this society, a paper on the geology of the Campsie 
district, by Mr. John Youno-, one of the Vice-Presidents ; and an excellent 
paper it is. Tiie locality is lucidly described ; sections uud borings properly 
recorded ; and a very careful list of the Carboniferous fossils appended. Mr. 
Davidson in his admirable 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 they 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. Four lectures for beginners : by Thomas Struthers, Esq., Vice- 
President. " On British Mining :" by Mark Fryar, Esq., of the School of 
Mines, Glasgow. " On Certain Points of Contact between Geology and History :" 
by James Bryce, Esq,, L.L.D., F.G.S. " On the Succession of Extinct Organic 
Forms :" by William Keddie, Esq., Free 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 
Eurvpterites, or Gigantic Crustaceans of the Palaeozoic Era. :" by David Page, 
Esq"., F.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-, F.G.S. " On the Natural History of the Inver- 
tebrate Animals in connection mth the Extinct Species :" by William Keddie, 
Esq,, Free Church College. 
Besides which, diu-ingthe Summer Session, there have been Excursions under 
the able direction of the members of the Coimeil, every alternate Saturday. 
The places thus visited were Dumbuck and Aucheuveoch Glen ; Nitshill and 
ncigiibourhood ; Campsie ; Strathbknc and neighbourhood ; High Blautyre ; 
Craigengleu. ; Corrie Burn ; Coatbridge and Airdrie. 
The Lectures announced for the ensuing year arc : — Four Initiatory Leetiu'es 
" Upon the Principles of Geology :" by Thomas Struthers, Esq., Vice-President. 
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