304 Scheme of Water Supply. [July, 
age of the Hoxne deposits : they may, as held by Prof. 
Prestwich, be post-glacial ; or they may, as held by Messrs. 
Croll and Geikie, be inter-glacial ; or, lastly, they may, as I 
hold, be pre-glacial. 
It is not creditable that this uncertainty should remain 
when it can easily be cleared up. A few shafts or bore- 
holes put down would soon determine whether or not glacial 
beds underlie the dark clays of the brick-pit, or sands and 
gravel underlie the boulder clay on the other side of the 
brook. Excavations should also be made around the spot 
where Mr. Frere made his discoveries, to ascertain the exadt 
position in which the flint implements were found so abun- 
dantly. I feel satisfied that if Sir Edward Kerrison, to 
whom the property belongs, were applied to by any of our 
learned societies, he would willingly allow the necessary 
excavations to be made. Probably the expenditure of two 
hundred pounds would be amply sufficient, and I submit 
that it is a work that should be undertaken by the Royal 
Society or the British Association, who make grants for 
scientific enquiry. 
II. A SCHEME OF WATER-SUPPLY 
FOR 
VILLAGES, HAMLETS, AND COUNTRY PARISHES 
OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES.* 
By Prof. Hull, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., 
Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland. 
^MpHAT the development of zymodic diseases in villages 
and rural parishes is due to “ dirt,” — which, as Lord 
Palmerston defined it, is “ matter in the wrong place,” 
—and also to bad water, is an axiom that is accepted as 
soon as stated. t Few, however, except those whose lives 
Read before Section G at the meeting of the British Association at 
Bristol. 
f Such diseases as typhoid, enteric, or filth fever, diphtheria, diarrbcea, 
dysentery, &c., arise from the use of polluted water. See on this subject an 
able paper by Mr. Jabez Hogg, on “River Pollution” (Tourn. SocArts, 
1875). 
