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MR. E. W. BINNEY ON THE PERMIAN BEDS 



the town up to the mill towards the north-east. At first the 

 conglomerate, similar to that in the Aughill brook but ap- 

 parently not in quite such great force, is seen dipping to 

 the west-south-west at an angle of 43° ; then the strata for 

 a distance of about 250 yards cannot be seen, but in the 

 stream just above the bridge impure limestones and thin 

 bands of red sandstone make their appearance, which dip 

 west-south-west at an angle of 46°. These strata, more or 

 less parted by beds of shale, extend up the valley for above 

 half-a-mile beyond the mill ; but the dip is easier, not being 

 more than 27° a little west of the mill. They contain car- 

 boniferous limestone fossils. Both permian, and carboniferous 

 strata are here raised at a high angle, and shew that they 

 have been acted upon by the Pennine fault, as noticed by 

 Professor Sedgwick. 



West House Section. 



Coal measures 



After leaving Stenkreth Bridge, and going southwards, 

 little, if any, trace of the permian beds has been met with 

 until you arrive at West House, near Burton-in-Lonsdale, in 

 Yorkshire. I have not examined the district with such care 

 as to speak with certainty on the matter; but I think any 

 considerable breadth of the deposit would not be likely to 

 have escaped the keen and practised eye of Professor Sedg- 

 wick. At West House, however, we have the finest section 

 of the conglomerate and lower new red sandstone, whether 



