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not agree witli the genus as defined by Schiraper, Weiss, and, more 
recently, by Prof. 0. Heer ; I have allowed the name to stand as 
a matter of convenience. Our Nöggeratkia is more allied to Zamia 
than to any other genus. 
My Statement that the Nürschan Gas-coal of Bohemia was 
considered by Dr. Anton Fritsch to be a passage-bed, I am rather 
astonished to see denied by the “ Questioner Himself ” (see'! Geol. 
Mag. April, p. 191). I was of course not present in Glasgow at the 
meeting of the British Association, but in the report given in 
“Nature” for 21st Sept., 1876, p. 457, is the following passage: — 
“ On Labyrinthodont Eemains from the Upper Carboniferous (Gas- 
coal) of Bohemia. By Dr. Ant. Fritsch. — The Gas-coals of Bohemia 
are unusually rieh in remains of Labyrinthodonts, fishes, and insects. 
They lie ‘ near the top of the Coal-measures ’ and 1 are regarded by 
Dr. Anton Fritsch as passage-beds, the Fauna being of Permian and 
the plants of Carboniferous types.’ ” I think the reporter must have 
been correctly informed, or he would certainly not have written so 
distinctly. 
But even if not so stated, it is no proof against their being con- 
sidered such, and lying as they do, near the top of the Coal-measures, 
their close relation to the Permian series is sufficiently established on 
stratigraphical evidence, as clearly stated by Prof. Krejci’s admirable 
paper, referred to in my article (March, 1877, p. 105). 
Calcutta, Dr. Ottokar Feistmantel, 
1 \th May, 1877. Palseontologist, Geological Survey of India. 
[The publication of the above letter has, we regret to say, been 
inadvertently delayed. — E dit. Geol. Mag.] 
FOREST BED OF EAST NORFOLK. 
Sir, — Having seen a letter on the “ Forest Bed of East Norfolk ” 
in your last issue, I should like to say a few words on that subject. 
I remember a few years ago, when in that locality, seeing the stools 
of several trees just below the Gut at Hasbro. The sand, which is, 
I believe, usually about ten feet deep in that place, was washed 
quite away from the bottom, leaving the stumps of the trees Stand- 
ing about a foot above the surface of the bed. The upper surface 
of the roots were clear, but the under portions were imbedded in 
the solid bottom, which was so hard that a pick was necessary to 
extricate tliem. I have not seen the bed since, but the landlord of 
the Hill Hotel at Hasbro has succeeded in gettiug several of the 
stumps from that place. Thosa I saw stood upright, and were so 
firmly fixed that they could not possibly have been washed there, 
but must have grown on that spot. 
I may as well add that, owing to natural causes, this bed is not 
often clear. Tndeed, though I have frequently been there for the past 
twelve years, I have only heard of it being seen three times. — I am, 
Sir, yours faitlifully, B. S. Breese. 
The Close, Norwich, 13 th August, 1877. 
