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them about deposits them as shingle, very much in the 

 same manner as they are seen in the stone. The beds of soft 

 red sandstone parting the rock very much assist in disinte- 

 grating the mass, and allowing the waves to sap the base. 



In the islands of Morecambe Bay and the main land of 

 Furness, probably some traces of the conglomerate and lower 

 new red sandstone may be met with, occupying hollows in 

 the mountain limestone, but the vast covering of drift hides 

 the country so much that it is very hard to get a sight of 

 strata like the permian. 



In passing over Morecambe Bay from Barrow, Bardsea 

 and Piel, I have been informed by the captains of packets 

 that there were several ledges of sunken rocks of a red colour 

 seen in the bay at very low tides. In all probality these are 

 permian strata. 



Stank Section. 



S.W. VHlley - *j - 



South of 3 3 3 N.E. 



Furness Abbey. ^5 u^I^l, Stainton 



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This is exposed in a field at Holbeck, about a mile and 

 a-half to the south-east of Furness Abbey, on the road side 

 leading from Stank to Newton. In it occurs a bed of 

 yellowish brown magnesian limestone, more resembling the 

 great Yorkshire deposit than any hitherto described in this 

 paper. Unfortunately, only a thickness of two yards is 

 exposed in a small quarry of a few yards in extent. The 

 dip of the stone at the north-east end of the quarry was 18 

 to 20° to the south-east ; but at the south-west end it was to 

 the south-west at an angle of 13°. The former appears to me 

 to be the true dip. The section in the woodcut is in a great 

 measure ideal, for neither the strata under, nor those above 



