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LOCAL SCIENTIFIC NOTES & MEMORANDA. 



FOOTPRINTS IN THE PENRITH SANDSTONE. 



In a sandstone quarry about three miles in a south-easterly 

 direction from Penrith, and on the north-west side of the Penrith- 

 Alston Road, I have lately met with footprints of what would 

 appear to be those of several distinct species of four-footed 

 vertebrates. They were found on the natural faces of bedding of 

 the rock, which is strongly false-bedded in various directions 

 towards the west. The character of the footprints varies consider- 

 ably in different specimens, in regard to both the size of the 

 impressions and their general form and disposition. These will 

 be described in detail in a future communication. In the mean 

 time I am securing every slab shewing vestiges of the almost- 

 unknown fauna of this part of the New Red Series, and am 

 carefully recording every fact likely in any way to throw light 

 upon this obscure part of the Geological Record. Casts of each 

 slab have been taken, and will be exhibited in one of the local 

 museums ; but I shall be happy to shew the originals to any one 

 interested in the subject. 



Geo. Varty Smith, The Luham, Penrith. 



