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were in a beautiful state of preservation, having 

 their outsides preserved, and not being mere 

 casts, as is generally the case with the fossils 

 met with in similar deposits. 



The specimens obtained were corals of the 

 genera Ratepora, Millepora, Turbinolia, &c. 

 Trilobites, several univalves, and bivalves of the 

 genera Spirifer, Pecten, &c. 



From Scales the limestone extends to Stainton, 

 and thence northwards to Dalton, where it comes 

 in contact with the upper new red sandstone. 

 On the south of Stainton the limestone extends 

 to the hill above the valley in which Newton is 

 situate, and probably ranges further south, bound- 

 ing the east side of the valley as far as Stank. 



In the old quarry above Newton, on the 

 roadside leading to Stainton, the most southerly 

 point that I have observed it, the dip of the lime- 

 stone is 60° east of south, at an angle of 25°. 

 Its colour is of a deep red, and the general 

 impression amongst the people residing about 

 there was, that it contained veins of iron ore. 



The valley at Newton, below the quarry last 



