Ii8 Transactions of the Edin. Nat. Field Club. [Sess. 1882-83. 



GULLANE— Jji^y 22, 1882. 



From the coral limestone at Aberlady several specimens of Litho- 

 strotion irregulare and Lithostrotion junceum were obtained. This 

 limestone is the eastern representative of the carboniferous lime- 

 stone beds at Portobello. The Edinburgh carboniferous strata lie 

 in a basin-shaped cavity, the edges of which appear in the calcifer- 

 ous sandstones of Leith on the west and North Berwick on the 

 east. The limestone series overlies this, and is overlaid in the 

 centre of the basin by the millstone grit and coal-measures between 

 Musselburgh and Joppa. From a bed of fossiliferous shale between 

 Aberlady and Gullane our hostess-^ had obtained some good speci- 

 mens of Sigillaria. 



©bituarg i^otfcc. 



Mr John Sadler, Curator of the Eoyal Botanic Garden, and one of 

 the founders of the Club, died December 9, 1882. 



At the meeting of 22d December 1882, before proceeding to the 

 business of the evening, the President said : " I must detain you 

 for a few moments in alluding to a sad event which has happened 

 since our last meeting. I am sure I express the unanimous feeling 

 of all presfent when I say how very deeply we regret the death of 

 our friend, and one of the founders of our Club — Mr John Sadler, 

 — and how sincerely we sympathise with his widow and children. 

 He was a man of a kindly and genial disposition, with a deep 

 scientific knowledge of the subject which had been the study of 

 his life ; and he had a very happy manner of imparting information. 

 Many of us remember the very interesting addresses he delivered to 

 ourselves and others ; and very fresh in our recollection is the kind 

 and hospitable manner in which Mr and Mrs Sadler have on several 

 occasions entertained the Club at the Royal Botanic Garden. I 

 am sure you all coincide with me in expressing our deep regret at 

 this sad event." 



The Secretary was instructed to engross these remarks in the 

 minute of the meeting, and send a copy of the same to Mrs Sadler. 



^ Our member, Mrs Bryden, who was residing at Aberlady, kindly enter- 

 tained the Club to tea on the occasion of its visit. 



