370 PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF THE THAMES VALLEY.
Kent, and which we hope to describe shortly, it seems that the
view of an exceedingly cold climate is hardly tenable now. The
recent physiographical researches of Prof. Davis and Messrs.
Buckman and White have also released us from the necessity of
invoking rigour in our theories with regard to the High Terrace
Drift.
In the main we endorse the conclusions arrived at from the
Ilford District in connection with the Middle Terrace. It seems
to us that the climate during this portion of the history of the
Thames was very similar to that of the present day. The
Thames at this time certainly possessed an estuary of its own.
There are, however, a number of vexed questions in connection
with the Pleistocene strata of the Thames Valley to be settled
before any attempts at dogmatising will succeed.
[Part II. of this paper will appear in volume XII.—Ed.]
End of Volume XI.