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Miooene  Beds,  thoogh  iwilMfin  in  plMing  too  modi  impottuioe  on,
slender  diancleriatios  he  does  not  stand  slone ;  and  he  is  glid  to
obserye  diat  Mr.  Onmthen  is  doing  the  9faik^  to  other  botsnisto*
amalffiic  Babdirision  of  fossil  qpedes.
2.  Brief  Notes  on  the  FrecioasStcmes  and  Pesrls  of  Scotland.  By
A.  IL  CockbnnL

Ahhoog^  poor  in  the  mme  precioas  gems,  Hr.  Cockbnzn  remarlca
that  SooUand  can  hoast  of  her  jaspers,  pebUes,  agates,  pearls,  and  of
fine  specimens  of  qnartz ;  the  moss  agates  are  peculiaiiy  suitable  for
certain  styles  of  setting.  Cairngorm  stones  are  fonnd  in  great
abondanoe  in  the  matrix  <^  the  granite  on  the  top  and  sides  o?  the
Caimgonn  Hills,  in  Aberdeenshire  and  Banffisihire.
Amethysto  and  gaxneta  may  be  lanked  among  the  Scottish  gems.
The  fonner  is  now  becoming  soaroe;  the  latter  is  found  in  laige
quantities  at  Elie  Point,  and  along  the  sands  on  the  east  coast
of  Fife.
Fine  and  large  specimens  <^  pearls  are  found  in  the  rivers  Teith,
Forth,  Dee,  Dni,  jBsnif  Tay,  Tweed,  and  the  nven  of  Boss  and
SntheriandshJTB.
8.  Bemarks  on  Two  Flinta  from  Jubbulpore,  Central  India,  and
on  the  Flint  Implementa  discovered  there  by  the  lato  Lieut  D.
Swiney,  B.E.    By  James  Haswell,  M.A.
The  principal  part  of  the  collection  (numbering  977  pieces)  is  now
in  the  British  Museum,  and  was  described  by  Mr.  John  Evans.  F.K.S.,
F.S.A.,  in  a  paper  read  before  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  19th  of
January,  1665.
I. — Undebgbox:>t)  Life  ;  ob.  Mixes  and  Miners.  By  L.  Snlo^^N.
