212 MR. J. W. KIRKBY ON SOME FOSSILS FROM THE 
considered as much a ruffian in a colliery village as he could be 
anywhere. Much of this is due to Methodism; and however 
deeply we must regret the lack of confidence of a community in 
the established religion of their country, it is to the credit of the 
dignitaries of our church that they recognise the good accom- 
plished by the exercise of means which, although they cannot 
approve, they do not condemn. 
XVI.—On some Fossils from the Lower Magnesian Limestone of 
Sunderland. By James W. Kinrxgsy. 
Tur occurrence of fossils in the lower portion of the Permian 
or Magnesian Limestone is so rare in the neighbourhood of 
Sunderland that I think it well to record the discovery of several 
species in the quarry of Messrs. Hartley & Co. at Bishop- 
wearmouth. 
The beds wrought at this quarry are all included in that 
section of the Permian series of Durham which is now usually 
termed the Lower Limestone. The Marlslate and the upper 
incoherent portion of the Lower Red Sandstone are also occa- 
sionally exposed, but these are not worked. Of limestone alone 
there is about 79 feet exposed. 
The accompanying tabulated section will serve to illustrate 
the character of the different beds, and the exact stratigraphical 
position of the fossils noticed in the following remarks. 
Table of Strata exposed in Hartley’s Quarry, Millfield, Bishopwearmouth, 
in 1863. sige 
. in. 
Rubble, and Drift with boulders (less in thickness 
on south side of quarry) .. 20 0 
1 Dark Brown, very hard, compact limestone, much 
broken up ais 2 0 
2 Bright yellow marl, with seams of brown clay 0 10 
3 Bright yellow, soft marl, alternating with harder 
chocolate-hued limestones 
Lower 4*Yellow, compact limestone, harder at top. than 
Limestone. bottom, and in one thick bed 
5 5*Yellowish streaked with brown, soft, argillaceous 
limestone, rudely laminated, and very argillaceous — 
in centre 
6 Hard, compact limestone, yellowish above, brown 
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