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Notes on t\)t (Scologg of I3trt)gsf)tre.* 



By H. Arnold-Bemrose, M.A., F.G.S. 



JHE object of this paper is to bring before you a few 

 notes on the geology of our county, stating what has 

 been done in it during recent years, and giving 

 suggestions as to what might be done by our Society. 

 In this way members may be guided to take up special lines 

 of work which they otherwise might not think of, for experience 

 shows that much of the valuable geological work done by 

 amateurs has been owing to a suggestion by some geological 

 friend. 



Important research has been made from time to time amongst 

 the Barrows and Caves of Derbyshire, and light has been thrown 

 on that period which may be called the borderland of Archaeology 

 and Geology. I allude to the late Mr. Bateman's diggings, to the 

 late Mr. Rooke Pennington's work near Buxton, Mr. Mello's at 

 Cresswell Crags, and to Mr. John Ward's work at Longcliffe, 

 articles by the two latter having appeared in our journal. It is 

 much to be regretted that the Bateman collection is in Sheffield 

 Museum, instead of at Derby, our county town. Probably there 

 are many more caves undiscovered which will yield rich results ; 

 and the duty of our Society will be to see that such caves as may 

 be discovered from time to time are either properly worked or 

 sealed up until some competent person can have charge of them, 

 so that the whole evidence which they offer of the past may be 



* Paper read before the Natural History Section of the D. A. & N. H. Society, 

 April 15, 1890. 



