NOTilS AND QUElllES. 
We have already expressed our intention of printing a glossary of geological and 
scientific terms in the columns of this Magazine. This glossary will contain the 
derivation and pronunciation of generic and specific names, as well as of all 
technical terms ; its object being to assist the student by carefully- worded and 
correct information upon every essential point. 
Private Collection, Isle of Wight. — " Dear Sir,— I value the hints of the 
Rev. P. B. Brodie, respecting private collections. I shall be happy to show mine 
to any geologist visiting the Isle of Wight — it is chiefly illustrative of this locality. 
I can give admission also to a public collection (which it has been my pleasure to 
usher into existence) illustrative of the natural history of the Isle of Wight — the 
chief feature of which is its geology. In my opinion, all local museums should 
have for their chief object the illustration of their immediate neighbourhood, 
whether of geology, history, or aught else ; illustrations of distant places should 
be made strictly secondary. I will, if you approve, give you a brief description 
of some of the most interesting specimens of paleontology in my keeping. At 
page 263, I perceive that the Warwickshire Natural History Society, desire 
to add to their collection of Isle of Wight specimens. I shall be happy to aid 
them on receiving a notification that my aid for that purpose is desirable. In 
respect to this locality, I am ever ready to aid the distant resident in any way in 
my power. — Faithfully yours, Ernest P. Wilkins, F.G.S., Newport, Isle of 
Wight." — We shall be pleased to receive the contribution promised by Mr. 
Wilkins. 
Society of Amateur Geologists. — " Deak Sir, — I read with pleasure the 
proposition for an Association of Amateur Geologists in a late number of your 
Geologist. This is a thing I have long been wishing for, indeed, at the time of 
reading it, I had an unfinished letter upon the very subject, which I intended 
sending to you, but which was rendered unnecessary by the appearance of the one 
now under consideration. I am in exactly the same position as Mr. Heyward, as 
regards isolation, time, means, &c., and should, therefore, hail as a great boon the 
formation of such a Society, and should be most happy to unite with him in the 
carrying out of his excellent project. If he will oblige by furnishing me with his 
address, I will communicate with him at once upon the subject. — Yours, &c., 
Geo. S. Penson, 28 Clement's Lane, Lombard Street, E.G." 
Inquiry respecting a Fragment of a Boulder, by Mr. Thomas F. Evans, Mona- 
Lodge, Amlwch. — We are obliged by Mr. T. F. Evans's note, sketch, and specimen ; 
but from the evidence with which he kindly supplies us, we should be disinclined to 
suppose that the boulder to which he refers is anything more than a portion of a 
curiously-fashioned irony concretion. 
. Fossiliferous Localities in North Wales. — "Sir, — Can you, or any of 
your readers inform me whether I should, in the course of a ramble through 
North Wales, meet with any localities where fossils are particularly plentiful. I 
intend visicdng the following places, viz. : — Llanfair, Mallwynd, Dinas Mowddy, 
Cader Idris, Dolgelly, Maentwrog, Fan-y-blwch, Tremadoc, Bcddgelert, Snowdon 
Llanberis, Caernarvon, Bangor, Peurhyn Slate Quarries, Capel Curig, Bettws-y- 
Coed, Bala, Corwen, Llangollen, Chirk, and Oswestry. As my time is limited. I 
• should be glad to know the exact localities where I could easily obtain a few good 
specimens. Will you please also inform me the magnifying power of a microscope 
sufficient to show distinctly Foraminifera, Diatomaceoe, &c. Allow me to con- 
tribute my mite of thanks for the valuable information contained in the pages of 
the Geologist, and for the facilities afforded to students (like myself) for 
obtaining information through your column of ' Notes and Queries. ' — Yours, &c., 
S. W. W. '• 
Supposition of Coal at Blackiieath. — In our reply to the questions of " N. Z. 
Fossil" in our last number, we Casually omitted to state that the popular belief of 
the existence of coal at Blackheath has, doubtless, arisen from the observation, by 
uninstructcd persons, of the small bands of lignite occasionally present in the ter- 
tiary strata in the neighbourhood of that place. 
