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showing the strata passed through in wells, mine shafts, borings, 
•etc. ; and (5) a short discussion of the quality of the under- 
ground waters with numerous analyses, illustrating the char- 
acter of the water from the various formations. Nearly the 
whole of the water-supply of the county is derived locally 
from underground sources, so that the geological conditions 
are of particular consequence in this area. There is a coloured 
geological map on the scale of four miles to one inch. The 
Memoir has been written by Messrs. G. W. Lamplugh and 
B. Smith. 
NEWSPAPER NATURAL HISTORY. 
As a sample of the nonsense that is meted out in the popular 
press, we notice an elaborately illustrated article on ‘ Relics 
•of the Past unearthed by the Sea ’ in the Daily News and 
Leader recently. Among them we notice mammoths, saurians, 
a bear, and pterodactyls all besporting themselves together 
■on the shore. At Whitby we learn that ammonites are not 
found in sufficient quantity to meet the supply, and imported 
fossils are offered to the visitors. At the same place jet, 
' or fossilised coal ’ [!] can be found, and ‘ if you are lucky you 
■can find the belemnite, yellowish and pointed. It is the 
skeleton of an extinct animal.’ The amusing piece of inform- 
ation is volunteered that belemnites are also found at Bacton 
in Norfolk. We next learn that where there is crag in the 
■cliffs the visitors should not only find fossils but sharks’ teeth. 
‘ On the whole it is more exciting looking for sharks teeth than 
for fossils, though some of the fossil ferns are very beautiful.’ 
It is stated that at Bridlington there are shelly beds well worth 
•exploring, though it does not explain that the enthusiast 
would have to blast several hundred tons of promenade and sea 
wall before reaching them. At ‘ Hackven ’ near Scarborough 
corals are obtained, and near St. David’s in Wales, Trilobites 
and Craptolites (sic.) can be found. So long as daily papers 
will print schoolboys’ essays we presume schoolboys will go on 
writing them. 
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Among the contents of the New Phytologist (double number, Yol. 
-xiii, Nos. 4 and 5, April and May, 1914, published May 25th) we notice 
‘ Sketches of Vegetation at Home and Abroad ’ ; ‘ Further Observations 
■on Hirneola auricula- judae Berk. ’ ; ‘ The White Moss Loch : A Study 
in Biotic Succession ’ ; ‘ Xerophytic Adaptations of Brvophytes in 
relation to Habitat.’ 
The Geological Magazine for June contains an article on ‘ Some In- 
clusions in the Great Whin Sill of Northumberland,’ by Dr. J. A. Smvthe ; 
a continuation of Dr. R. L. Sherlock’s paper on ‘ The Foraminifera of the 
Speeton Clay,’ with plates; ‘Some new Rock-building Organisms from 
the Lower Carboniferous, Westmorland,’ by Prof. E. J. Garwood, and an 
article on ‘ Gypsum and Anhydrite in Genetic Relationship,’ by Professor 
R. C. Wallace. 
1914 Aug. 1. 
