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GEOLOGICAL SECTION. is a subject which has hitherto played a small part in the activities of the Society. T h e formation of a Geological Section will, it is hoped, be the means of preserving records of temporary sections in pits, and in trenches opened in various parts of the county. This is work in which all members can help as well as those who more actively participate in the work of the section. DĂźring the Coming year it is proposed to have a geological lecture in appropriate parts of the county, and at least one excursion of a mainly geological character. GEOLOGY
All members can render valuable assistance by sending reports of new pits opened in their district, by sending photographs or sketches of these, or of trenches opened for water mains, etc., with brief notes of the strata (layers) exposed, i.e., if sand, gravel or clay, if interbedded or otherwise, and the measurements. In pits where glacial boulder clay, or gravels are exposed, quite often boulders of rock (erratics) occur which have been transported by the ice from the Lake District, Southern Scotland or Scandinavia. Important data can often be deduced from these and it is desirable that a suitable sample should be collected and sent with a note of the circumstance of occurrence. There is much to be learned about the Ice Age in East Anglia and everyone may make some contribution to our knowledge. Some sand and gravel or brickyard pits often yield the bones and teeth of extinct prehistoric mammalia. These pits are generally along river Valleys. Work has been done at places along the River Stour and observers are needed here and in the Waveney and Deben valley, also along the smaller streams. Scanty records in the Lavenham, Mildenhall, Hoxne, Leiston and Kessingland areas indicate where further work may be done. It is most important that besides collecting specimens members should make notes of the circumstances in which they are discovered, especially the depth from the surface. Possibly if fossils are found in situ, it may be best to report them so they may be removed by experienced hands. Human remains, if recognised as such, if below undisturbed strata may be of prehistoric age. Such may be of the greatest scientific value and should be left undisturbed, if possible, until examined in situ by competent geologists, and all precautions to that end should be taken by the finder. Members interested are invited to communicate with tbe Geological Recorder :—• H.
E.
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SPENCER,
F.G.S.,
T h e Museum, Ipswich.