OF .THE NORTH- WE8T OF ENGLAND. 1 1 8 



are 1,100 feet down in the series from the highest beds of the 

 upper coal-field, and, therefore, really belong to the lower 

 part of that division. 



In the red metals marked with an asterisk, 6 yards, 2 feet, 

 6 inches in thickness, specimens of microconchus carbonarius, 

 a cypris, and fish scales were met with ; thus clearly proving 

 that the carboniferous strata had there commenced. In fact, 

 e strata lie a short distance above the Four Feet coal 

 which has been already worked under the spot where the 

 shaft was being sunk. 



Irby Hall Section. 



At page 262 of my former paper, a description is given of 

 the permian beds found at Westhouse, near Ingleton. Since 

 the time when that sketch was written, I have met with 

 another section of permian beds, exposed in the railway 

 cutting near Irby Hall, lying between Westhouse and Kirby 

 Lonsdale, about three miles from each of those places.* The 

 breccia or conglomerate is similar in appearance to that at 

 Westhouse, is not exposed for more than about 200 yards, 

 and is capped by a deposit of 20 feet of brownish-coloured 

 till. Its position with regard to the underlying rocks of the 

 district cannot be seen. It dips to the north-east at an angle 

 of 12°, but as you proceed to the west under the railway 

 bridge the dip increases to 25°. The rock is composed chiefly 

 of limestone pebbles, varying from the size of a marble to 

 that of a man's head, some being round and others angular, 

 cemented together by a reddish-coloured clay. Besides other 

 stones, consisting of slates, silurians, and old red sandstones, 

 rounded pebbles of milk-white quartz, like vein quartz, are 

 found. 



* l am indebted to Mr. Hiodton, of Kirby Lonsdale, for taking me to this 

 locality, and showing me the section. 



