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



slightly covered with clay and gravel, occupying the surface 

 from the Exchange to near the White Hart Inn, in Newtown, 

 where it outcrops, and apparently passes into the underlying 

 permian beds, as both dip to the south-west, but the former 

 at an angle of 10°, and the latter at about 13°. It was at this 

 place, many years ago, that I first noticed the fossil shells 

 exposed in making a culvert, and as it is the only locality in 

 the neighbourhood of Manchester, where I have been able 

 to examine the deposits in an open cutting, I shall give my 

 observations at length. The beds occur in the following 

 order : — 



ft. in. 

 Red and variegated marls, containing several thin beds 



of limestone, about 90 



A layer of soft clay of a dull white colour, mixed with 



streaks and patches of a dirty red 5 



*Hard red marl, containing in the middle a single line of 



sheWs of the genus Bakevellia 9 6 



•A white calcareous friable paste resembling fuller's earth, 



traversed with lines of a red colour 5 



*A light coloured calcareous paste, of a soft crumbling 



nature when first dug up, but it hardens on exposure 



to the atmosphere 6 



* An argillaceous deposit of a dark red colour, having its 



top and bottom marked with greenish coloured bands 5 



•Hard dirty white limestone 4 



* Variegated marls 3 



•Dark red marls 1 



Red and variegated marls 33 



Impure limestone 6 



Shaly marls 4 



Conglomerate of a greenish brown colour, containing 



pebbles of the size of a marble, seen in Cheetham 



Weir Hole 1 6 



Laminated red clay, with lenticular markings (Chondrus 



Binneyi o( King) 2 



Lower new red sandstone of Vauxhall, consisting of 

 dark red sand, mottled with patches of brown and 

 greenish drab colour, about 320 



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