2.0O MR. E. W. BINNEY ON THE PERMIAN BEDS 



probably fifteen feet of it may be exposed. The fault in 

 which it lies is a continuation of that seen below Billinge 

 Beacon, which brings in the Rainford coal-field. 



ScARisBRiCK Section. 

 By the kindness of my friend, Mr. John Hawkshead Talbot, 

 I have been favoured with the result of borings, made by 

 Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., near Scarisbrick Hall, some years 

 since. It is as follows : — 



Ft. In. 



Soil 3 



Brown sand 4 6 



Brown clay 1 7 



Variegated marl 230 8^ 



White grit pebble 7^ 



Variegated marl 18 



Blue loam 4 2 



Flaggy marl 3 



Blue grit list * 19 3^ 



Brown strong rock list 1 1 



Limestone list and limestone shale 7 4f 



Brown flint kernel 1 7 



Blue cast grit 2 



Brown open grit 1 10 



Blue shale 6 8^ 



Brown flint pebble 4 



Blue shale 5 



306 2i 



This boring appears to me to be on the rise of the upper 

 new red sandstone of the neighbourhood, and if so, it most 

 probably represent the beds lying under that rock, namely, 

 the permian deposits. They for the most part resemble the 

 upper portion, the marls, limestones, and conglomerates, and 

 shew that the thickness of this part of the permian group 

 increases much towards the west. 



*■ This tenu is used to denote a series of bluish grits, parted with softer beds. 



