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In the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, May, 1902, vol. lviii, p. 207, Mr. A. Strahan has a paper on the “Origin of the River-System of South Wales, and its Connection with that of the Severn and Thames.” It is with the part of the paper expressed in the latter portion of the title that I am more particularly concerned; for in that connection Mr. Strahan remarks in a footnote (p. 219), “The theories put forward by Mr. S. S. Buckman in Proc. Cotteswold Nat. Field Club, vol. xiii (1900), p. 175, following the lead of Professor W. M. Davis, appear to me to transgress the limits of legitimate speculation.” It seems rather curious that in a paper like this there is no further reference to the work done by Professor Davis, no attempt to consider his views, only a dismissal of them, implied in the rejection of the views which I have advanced in accordance with his teaching, which views, by the way, I gave in more detail in Natural Science, April, 1899, vol. xiv.
page 367 note 1 Q.J.G.S., vol. liii, p. 626.Google Scholar
page 367 note 2 I have given an account of all this in my above-mentioned paper in Natural Science.
page 367 note 3 The meander curves of the Cotteswold valleys, pointed out to me by Professor Davis, form the strongest evidence here, and I am afraid Mr. Strahan does not appreciate its importance. But any theory of river development must account for these meanders; it cannot ignore such facts. They are illustrated in my two papers above mentioned.
page 370 note 1 Buckman, S. S., “Excursion to Dundry”: Proc. Geol. Assoc., 1901, vol. xviii, pt. 4, p. 157, fig. 9.Google Scholar
