Part 1

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Notes on the Fenland

by T. McKENNY HUGHES, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.S.A. Woodwardian Professor of Geology

with

A Description of the Shippea Man

by ALEXANDER MACALISTER, M.A., F.R.S., M.D., Sc.D. Professor of Anatomy

Cambridge: at the University Press 1916

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CONTENTS

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GEOGRAPHY OF THE FENLAND 1

SUBSIDENCE OF THE VALLEY OF THE CAM 2

TURBIFEROUS AND ARENIFEROUS SERIES 3

ABSENCE OF ELEPHANT AND RHINOCEROS IN TURBIFEROUS SERIES 6

ABSENCE OF PEAT IN ARENIFEROUS SERIES 6

FEN BEDS NOT ALL PEAT 7

SECTIONS IN ALLUVIUM 7

PEAT; TREES ETC.: TARN AND HILL PEAT; SPONGY PEAT AND FLOATING ISLANDS; BOG-OAK AND BOG-IRON 13

MARL: SHELL MARL AND PRECIPITATED MARL 17

THE WASH: COCKLE BEDS (Heacham): BUTTERY CLAY (Littleport) 18

LITTLEPORT DISTRICT 18

BUTTERY CLAY 19

THE AGE OF THE FEN BEDS 20

PALAEONTOLOGY OF FENS 20

BIRDS 25

MAN 27