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bnt select band of Members met the Vice-President, Mr. Lttct, 

 who had preceded them by a day, in order that no unforeseen 

 delay in respect of vehicles might obstruct their progress. 



Their first visit was to the " Poor Lots," where they inspected 

 the large pit of which a section is given in page 31 of Mr. Lucy's 

 paper. Their attention here was especially directed to the 

 evidences of a remarkable force there exhibited, which has had 

 the effect of throwing the long axes of the elongated flint pebbles 

 into a vertical position— the effect of a powerful lateral pressure. 

 They then visited in succession pits at Barton-on-the-Heath, at 

 Little Woolford fields, and at Pepperwell buildings. At the 

 latter locality, a pit which had become classical to geologists 

 from having yielded to Dr. Bxjckland examples of red chalk 

 from Lincolnshire has been closed within the last four years. 



Passing through Todenham, and crossing the old Eoman 

 Foss Way, the party shortly afterwards turned along a lane 

 which leads to Paxford, where flints occur in great abundance ; 

 and then on to the important railway-cutting at Aston Magna, 

 described many years since by Mr. Gtavet, who was the engineer 

 of the railway. Here very large flints are to be seen, and in 

 addition to the Northern Drift, there are large accumulations 

 of oolitic gravel from the near hills. The time available for the 

 examination of this important section was far too short, consid- 

 ering how suggestive it is of the vast changes which have taken 

 place even in comparitively recent geological history, and how 

 full it is of evidence of Glacial action. The great quantity of 

 flint seen during the day is but a small indication of the amount 

 of denudation which must have taken place in the chalk from 

 whence it has been derived; for, according to Sir John Lubbock's 

 calculation, each foot of flint represents 20 cubic feet of chalk. 



The close of evening compelled a return to Moreton, where 

 the party found comfortable quarters at the White Hart Inn. 

 After dinner, an adjournment was made to a larger room, 

 where Mr. Lucy had hung up his map and sections, and at the 

 request of the Members he gave a short description of the 

 district passed over during the day, and indicated what was to 

 seen on the morrow. Dr. Weight observed how clearly what 



