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THE GEOLOGIST. 
^r^-^i^S^^^^^®^ ^^^^^ Geological SuiTey Maps." By Sir R. I. Murcliison, 
V .P.G.S. 
" On the Old Red Sandstone of South Perthshire." By Professor R. 
Harkuess, T.G.S. 
" On the Aqueous origin of Granite." By Mr. A. Brjson. 
" On the'Age of the Dartmoor Granites." By W. Pr'ingelly, F G S 
"On the late changes in the Physical Geography of British North America, 
Mith Aotes on the Auriferous Drifts of the Pacific Slope." By Dr. Hector, 
t'.G.S. ' 
"On the Age and Distribution of the Mesozoic Coal of the Pacific Coast 
and Saskatchavan Prairies." By Dr. Hector, P.G.S. 
"On certain Markings in Sandstones." By Mr. W. Patterson. 
' 'Information respecting the present state of the Imperial Geological In- 
^'titute of \ienna." By Director Hardinger, Por. M.G.S. 
"On the Details of the Carboniferous Limestone, as exhibited in tlie railway- 
cutting and tunnel near Almondsbury, west of Bristol." By Mr. Richardson, 
C.E. 
"Report on Examination of Mmerals." By Mr. A. Gages. 
"An Examination of some points on the Doctrine of the Internal Heat of 
the Globe." By Professor W. Thomson, P.G.S. 
In the other sections, the following papers were of interest to geologists : — ■ 
" On the action of Lime on Animal Matter." Bv John Daw, ^M.D., P.R.S 
" On the Motion of Glaciers." By W. Hopkins," P.G.S. 
" On the Spitzbergcn Current, and Active and Extiuct Yolcaiios in South 
Greenland." By Colonel Shaffner, U.S. 
Notes of Sketches of Parts of tlie Surface of tlie Moon." By Professor 
Phillips, P.G.S. 
" Physical considerations regarding the probable age of tlie Sun's Heat." 
By Professor Thompson. 
" Report on the Theory of the Exchanges of Heat." By Balfour Stewart. 
PROCEEDINGS OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES. 
Geological Society oe London. — November G.— Su' R. I. Murchisoii, 
Y.P.G.S,, in the Chair. 
The following communications were read : — 
1. "Note on the Bone-Caves of Luniel-Viel, Herault." By M. Marcel de 
Serres. 
These bone-caves, in Miocene limestone, on the Mazet estate, near Molit- 
pcllier, discovered about 1823, and described in 1839 by MM. Marcel de 
Serres, Dubrueil, and Jean-Jean, comprise a large cave and some smaller fis- 
sures, containing red earth with pebbles, and an abundance of bones and 
coprolites, of hyaena, lion, bear, wolf, fox, otter, boar, beaver, rhinoceros, 
horse, deer, ox, &c., with birds and reptiles. The author expressed his belief 
jiucM" that the association of pebbles with the bones in caves is a common 
phencmcnon, and an evidence of the accumulation of the materials— gnawed 
