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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 Eed E-ock in the Section at Hunstanton." By Mr. 
Hariy Seeley, F.G.S., of the AVoodwardian Museum, Cambridge. — The 
physical structure of the rock was first considered, and it was shown to 
De 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 Eock ; but the thin band of red chalk some dis- 
tance above was considered, though of similar coloui', to be quite distinct, 
as also was the Carstone below. 
Mr. Seeley then showed that near Cambridge the Shanklin sands and 
the Gault 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 Slianklin 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 Greeusand, — a conclusion which he afterwards showed was 
supported by the evidence of the fossils, and the occurrence of phosphate 
of lime. 
The seam of 8oa])y clay wliich 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 majiy individuals of Gault species occur in Bed 
No. 3, while 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. 
FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE. 
On some Mammalian Eemains from the Neighbouehood of 
Vienna. By Dr. Zittel. — A beautifully preserved upper jaw^ of Anchi- 
thcrium 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 Cbetaceous C(eloptychia. By Director Homes. — 
Mr. Grotrian, of Brunswick, has presented the Imperial Museum of 
