ABSTRACT

DELTA AND ALLUVIAL, PLAIN OF THE NILE— BURNT BRICKS IN EGYPT BEFORE THE ROMAN ERA—BORINGS IN 1851–54—ANCIENT MOUNDS OF THE VALLEY OF THE OHIO—THEIR ANTIQUITY—SEPULCHRAL MOUND AT SANTOS IN BRAZIL—DELTA OF THE MISSISSIPPI— ANCIENT HUMAN REMAINS IN CORAL REEFS OF FLORIDA—CHANGES IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY IN THE HUMAN PERIOD—BURIED CANOES IN MARINE STRATA NEAR GLASGOW—UPHEAVAL SINCE THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF THE SHORES OF THE FIRTH OF FORTH—FOSSIL WHALES NEAR STIRLING—UPRAISED MARINE STRATA OF SWEDEN ON SHORES OF THE BALTIC AND THE OCEAN—ATTEMPTS TO COMPUTE THEIR AGE.