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10. Williamsonia gigas Whitby. 



11. Cladophlebis denticulata ,, 



12. Williamsonia pecten ,, 



13. Taeniopteris major ,, 



14. minor ,, 



It is a signal honor to our Field Club, through Mr. Lane' 

 that the publication of his short paper in the " Naturalist " 

 caused Professor Lamplough to ask me to put Mr. A. Newall 

 Arber, M.A., of Cambridge University, in communication 

 with him, but perhaps the greatest honour the Club, and 

 also Mr. Lane personally, have received, was a visit from 

 Professor Nathorst, of Stockholm, who is reputed the 

 greatest authority on Paleobotany on the continent. After 

 an inspection of Mr. Lane's collection, he congratulated him 

 on his success. 



At the Meeting at Marske Quarry, the attention of the 

 members was drawn by Mr. Saunders to a very interesting 

 example of a wash-out, where the seam of ironstone had 

 been almost denuded by some ancient stream, and the gully 

 thus formed filled in with boulder clay. Cases of this sort 

 in a mine are not unknown in mining operations, and when 

 they occur they cause much trouble. Mr. Saunders is 

 sending to the meeting a section of Faulting at Boulby Mine, 

 a section of the main seam of Cleveland ironstone shewing 

 the pecten bed and the two-foot seam at Brotton, also a 

 section of the coast between Redcar and Ravenscar. 



There was a very interesting meeting at Runswick Bay 

 when the coast section and the Kettleness Alum Quarries 

 were investigated. Perhaps the most interesting part of 

 the excursion was an examination of the streams which flow 

 into the Bay over the boulder clay which has filled up the old 

 river valley. The beds of the streams are composed almost 

 entirely of erratics which have been washed out of the clay. 

 Here we found many big blocks of basalt from the Whin Sill, 

 much Teesdale limestone, many granites from the Cheviots, 

 and boulders of Shap granite of all sizes. One boulder from 

 Shap would weigh about three tons. 



At Goathland there was an interesting meeting, but not 

 much time for investigation, and the Geologists would do 

 well to have a field day to themselves in this district, as the 

 glacial and solid geology will well repay study ; and we are 

 there getting close to oolitic exposures which do not exist 

 in our immediate neighbourhood. 



