The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . Quart. Jouxn. Geol. Soc. Vol. LI. PL XV, MAURITIUS. By .]/,:„„? If it Haga Haig, R. K »oQ::::r .•I. Vol. 51.] PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GEOLOGY OF MAURITIUS. 471 where is there any trace existing ? The Mascarene Islands con-tained none, and when discovered were totally uninhabited exceptby birds and tortoises. Plate XV. Sketch-map of the Island of Mauritius on the scale of ^^77-^7 = 8 miles tothe inch. Discussion. Prof. T. Rupert Jones spoke of the paper as having much valuein both its description of details and its tr
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . Quart. Jouxn. Geol. Soc. Vol. LI. PL XV, MAURITIUS. By .]/,:„„? If it Haga Haig, R. K »oQ::::r .•I. Vol. 51.] PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GEOLOGY OF MAURITIUS. 471 where is there any trace existing ? The Mascarene Islands con-tained none, and when discovered were totally uninhabited exceptby birds and tortoises. Plate XV. Sketch-map of the Island of Mauritius on the scale of ^^77-^7 = 8 miles tothe inch. Discussion. Prof. T. Rupert Jones spoke of the paper as having much valuein both its description of details and its treatment of subjects ofmore general interest. Dr. J. W. Gregory thought that the record of the schists in theisland was of considerable interest; the Seychelles are known tocontain schists, but Mauritius is usually described as wholly thought that better support for the view of a former land-areacould be obtained from the distribution of the Negrito than fromthe nautical Malaysian race. 472 MR. D. BELL ON THE SHELLY CLAYS [Aug. 1895, 31. The Shelly Clays and Gravels of Aberdeenshire, consideredin Relation to the Question of Submergence. By DugaldBell, Esq.,
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