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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 
OLD GROUP OF GEOLOGISTS. 
Among the papers belonging to the late Rev. E. Maule 
Cole, which the writer obtained by the kindness of Lady 
Philadelphia Cole, was an interesting photograph of a group of 
geologists, reproduced herewith. It was taken on the occasion 
of the excursion to East Yorkshire, held in connection with 
the International Geological Congress in 1888. It is of 
particular interest to readers of The Naturalist as it contains 
portraits of a number of workers in East Yorkshire geology, 
Madame Paviow. Rev. E. M. Cole. C. Fox-Strangways. M. Rivero. 
Prof. Nikitin. Prof Paviow. Prof. Beyrich. — A. del Castilio 
— des Forges. Sir Chas. Strickland. S. Chadwick. W. H. Hudleston 
six of whom (Sir Chas. Strickland, S. Chadwick, \V. H. Hud- 
leston, des Forges, C. Fox-Strangways and E. Maule Cole) 
are no longer with us. Of some of them very few portraits 
are extant. 
EARLY FLINT WEAPONS. 
The Geological Society of London has recently devoted an 
evening to the discussion of various flint weapons and instru- 
ments which may or may not have been made by man. The 
report thereon is exceedingly interesting to read. Professor 
Boyd Dawkins opined that in dealing with the antiquity of 
man, ‘ it is necessary that the specimens on which it is based 
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