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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
Description of the Shippea man by Prof. A. Macalister 30

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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