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information, that may not always at the moment seem important, 
but the record of which, sooner or later, may become of great service. 
During a brief visit to Norfolk last autumn L was grieved to 
find that the famous pit at Coltishall was closed and obscured ; but 
the Chalk and Crag are being energetically worked near by in the 
parish of Great Hautbois, and the pit is one that should be visited 
from time to time. No portion of the Crag appeared to be shelly, 
but any day a seam of fossils may be encountered. This is one of 
the tracts where remains of Mastodon were entombed — Horstead 
is not so far away, — and other remains of this animal may be 
expected. Of especial interest is it to note the state of preservation 
of any bones and teeth, for it has been doubted whether the 
Mastodon lived during the period of the Norwich Crag. It is also 
of importance to determine whether, if it lived, as I believe, 
during this period, it was the companion, friendly or otherwise, of 
the Eleplias meridionalis. Although it has been found in the 
Red Crag, there is no certain record of -the occurrence of this 
species of Elephant in the Norwich Crag, but Eleplias antiquus 
has been found in it.'"' On a casual visit to the Thorpe pit 
I obtained remains of an Antelope^not previously recorded, and 
Dr. Herbert King has likewise found examples of the same animal. 
Such discoveries are generally accidental ; but the knowledge that 
they may be made serves to stimulate enthusiasm in any expedition 
that may be made to our Norfolk Crag-pits. 
Here I may mention that only last week Mr. R. J. W. Purdy, 
of Aylsham, communicated to me his discovery of Tellina balthica 
and other fossils in the Crag at Aylsham. Hitherto this newest 
stage of the Norwich Crag Series has not been recognised in its 
fossiliferous form at that locality. During the coming session 
I trust that Mr. Purdy will give us full particulars of his discovery. 
The literature of the Norfolk Broads has been somewhat 
voluminous during the past fifteen years. Two aspects of the 
subject have lately come before us— the one political, the other 
purely scientific. In an article printed in ‘Natural Science’! 
* Newton, ‘ Vertelmita of the Pliocene Deposits of Britain,’ pp. 46, 47. 
f July, 1892, p. 347. 
