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Correspondenee — Prof. Judd. 
however, of the late Samuel Woodward, who may truly be said to 
be the Father of Geology in the eastern counties, and whose mernory 
I honour as ray preceptor ; of Sir C. Lyell and Mr. Symonds, late of 
Cromer ; of E. Taylor, author of “The Geology of East Norfolk ; ” and 
of the Eev. Charles Green, author of “ The Geology of Bacton ” (page 
69), is so direct that it would be a waste of time to add rnore. As a 
question bas been raised by Mr. Norton as to tlie validity of the 
evidence of Sir C. Lyell, and also of Mr. Symonds, I will mention 
an incident which occurred at Cromer in 1862. I had the gratifica- 
tion to aceompany Sir Charles, togethe-r with Sir J. D. Hooker and 
the late Mr. King, of Saxlingham Eectory, to the Hotel des Bains at 
Cromer ; and in the evening Sir Charles requested Mr. Symonds to 
join our party. The conversation turned on the Forest-bed, and Mr. 
Symonds mentioned that he had observed Sir Charles to pay particular 
attention to the annual rings of growth on the stumps or stools of 
the forest. 1 do not remember the precise place where, or the year 
when, this took place ; but it is indelibly fixed in my memory that both 
Sir Charles and Mr. Symonds said they had seen the stools in situ. 
I will mention one corroborative fact, which convinces me that the 
trees must have grown on the spot at Happisburgh, namely, the 
finding a large quantity of leaves imbedded tliere in a muddy 
ooze. These were seen by Dr. Falconer, by whose advice I had a 
large quantity conveyed to Irstead, and they were identified by Dr. 
E. H. Nathorst, an eminent Swedish naturalist, as the leaves of two 
varieties of willow. They must have fallen from trees which grew 
on the spot. The same may be said of the immense quantity of 
fir-cones which must have dropped from the trees. Dr. Falconer, 
with his characteristic sagacity, picked from the interspaces of the 
teeth of the Bhinoceros Etruscus some remnants of coniferous wood, 
observing that this showed what the Ehinoceros of the Forest-bed 
lived upon. Whether the animals and the trees of the forest lived 
and grew upon the spot where their remains are now found, and 
whether they are imported from some other unknown regions, I 
must leave to the judgment of the dispassionate reader. 
10, Cathedral Street, Norwich, John GüNN. 
June 1 Ith, 1877- 
GEOLOGY AND SCENERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 
Sir, — When my friend Prof. Milne told me of the unfossiliferous 
character and monotouous aspect of the rocks of Newfoundland, the 
involuntary “ shudder ” of which he speaks was occasioned by 
feelings of commiseration for the geologist who should have his lot 
cast tliere, and not, as Mr. Murray seems to suppose, from any 
opinion concerning the absence of agricultural capabilities or 
picturesque features in the country. Since, however, I have had 
the opportunity of reading the valuable notes in your last Number, 
and studying Mr. Murray’s valuable map, the Sentiment of horror 
has been replaced by one of pride in the Science which can manage 
to extract so much of interest even out of the “ marshes, thickets, 
and swamps” of Newfoundland. John W. Judd. 
Royal School oe Hines, 18 th June, 1877. 
