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ME. E. W. BINNEY ON THE PERMIAN BEDS 



Ft. In. 



Limestone band 1 



Red earth I 



Limestone band 2 



Red earth Ij 



Limestone band 2 



Red earth 0^ 



Limestone band 1 



Red earth l| 



Limestone band If 



Red earth 2 



Limestone band 3^ 



Red earth 3 



Limestone band 



Red earth 



Limestone band 



Red earth 



Limestone band 



Red earth 



Limestone band 



Red earth 



Limestone band Ij 



Red earth 9 



Limestoneband If 



Red earth 1 



Limestoneband 



Red earth 



Limestone band 



Red earth 



3 



4i 



2i 



4 



2 



li 

 1 



Ft. In. 



Limestoneband 2 



Red earth 4 



Limestoneband Sj 



Red earth 7 9^ 



Iron band 1^ 



Red earth 13 6 



Limestoneband 1 



Red earth .... 1 



Limestoneband 2 



Red earth 1 



Limestoneband 1 



Red earth 3 1 



Limestoneband 1 



Red earth 1 



Limestone band, very hard... 5 



Red earth 1 



Limestone rock, very hard... 85 



Red earth 84 



Hard burry limestone rock... 2 7 



Red earth » 5 1 



Redlinsey 3 7^ 



Red sandy earth 1 7 



Limestone rock 6^ 



Red earth 4^ 



Limestone rock gone into ... 1 



212 10 



The permian marls in the above section must have been 

 nearly perforated, but the conglomerate appears not to have 

 been reached. The number of thin beds of limestone in the 

 "red earth" (a local term for red marls) is the greatest that 

 has yet been met with in the north-west of England. It is 

 to be hoped that Mr. Kenworthy will preserve as careful a 

 section of the conglomerate and lower new red sandstone beds 

 as he has done of the marls. 



Bedford Section. 



After the outcrop of the upper new red sandstone, which is 

 seen dipping to the south, in a field near the Manchester 



