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trict glanced at in this communication, and run in a 

 line from about Ireleth to the south of Ulverstone. 



Conclusion. — In the foregoing remarks, the 

 southern and western boundaries of the carbonifer- 

 ous limestone, and its relation to the new red sand- 

 stone were cursorily glanced at, as they were not 

 well ascertained, owing to the covering of drift. 

 This can only be done by judicious boring. The 

 glimpses which have been obtained of the magne- 

 sian limestone of Hole Beck, and the black shales 

 of Stank, give every indication of a coal field lying 

 under the southern and western parts of Low 

 Furness. However, the depth of this deposit from 

 the surface, its position, and the thickness and 

 quality of its beds, all remain to be yet ascertained. 



There is every advantage that can well be 

 wished for a desirable locality. The district is 

 near the coast, close to most valuable deposits of 

 lime and iron, and at a convenient distance from 

 the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, and the 

 port of Liverpool. These circumstances added to 

 the fact of the magnesian limestone of Hole Beck 

 being near, will probably induce the land-owners 

 to investigate the district, by judicious boring, 

 under able superintendence. 



