116 MR. E. W. BINNEY ON THE PERMIAN BEDS 



of the strata there, owing to the thick covering of drift 

 deposits between Curthwaite and Howrigg. On the top of 

 the hill, near the last named place, is a small sandstone 

 quarry, on the south side of the road. The stone there met 

 with is laminated, of a brick-red colour, variegated with 

 brownish tints, and divided by several red clay partings. It 

 contains many desiccation cracks and ripple marks, and the dip 

 of the strata is about 20° west of north, at an angle of 15°. 



A little to the south of the last named place is Howrigg 

 quarry, worked by Mr. Wood. This is an extensive exca- 

 vation of fine-grained laminated sandstone, of a brick red, 

 containing beds of a greenish-brown colour. It affords stones 

 with many beautiful ripple marks on their surfaces, and de- 

 siccation cracks in some of the lower beds. In its lines of 

 bedding the stone frequently shows considerable traces of 

 black oxide of manganese, and some of the lower strata are 

 of a greenish-brown colour, and contain nodules of greenish 

 clay. Altogether 30 to 40 feet of stone must be exposed in 

 the quarry. The dip of the strata is towards 20° west of 

 north, at an angle of 15°. I looked diligently for tracks, but 

 only saw one specimen at all likely to be taken for such, and 

 this I unfortunately broke in attempting to cut it out with a 

 chisel. It was a single track, and occurred in the light- 

 coloured sandstone near the bottom of the quarry, and I 

 traced seven impressions, each about an inch and a half apart, 

 and one-sixth of an inch in depth, all running in nearly a 

 straight line. The accompanying wood cut represents one of 

 the impressions. 



