S68 Reynarks upon the inferior Strata of the Earth 



served a small black cloud verv low, cariied by a different 

 current of air from the mass of clouds, -from wlrence they 

 imagined this stone to have proceeded : it flew with the 

 greatest velocity over their iieads, and ftil in a field about 

 tiiree hundred yards from the house : they saw it fall. It 

 was immediately dug up, and taken inlc the steward's office, 

 where it remainctl two hours cooling before it could be 

 handled. This account I have had from many who were 

 present, and atiree in the one story, 1 saw myself the hole 

 the stone made in the ground ; it was not more than a foot 

 in depth. Should anv thing further be wished for from 

 me, I shall feel myself very happy in procuring from the 

 men themselves their own account, and transmitting their 

 own exact words and description to the Society. 

 " I ain, sir, 



" Your very hurnble servant, 



- " 13, Lower Mount-street, a MaukICE CrOSBJE MoORE. 



May '22, 181 1." 



XLIX. Remarks tipnn the itferior Strata of the Earth 

 occurring in Lancashire : irifh some Observations arising 

 from the Subject. Dij Dr. Campbell, Kendal*. 



J. HE subjoined article presents the reader with a new 

 species of comnmnication, — geological and mineralogical 

 information il/mtrated with a coloured map. It was trans- 

 mitted to the Bath Society by a highly respectable gentle- 

 man, Dr. Wilkinson, with a notification that Dr. Camp- 

 bell, the author, was induced to write this essay, from ob- 

 serving the imperfect account of the stratification of Lan- 

 cashire, by Holt t f.nd other agricultural writers. It were 

 to be wished that the first specimen of the kind had been a 

 geological acccnint of the str;ita of Somersetshire, or some 

 county comprehentled in the title of the Society; but there 

 is no tloubt this example will be h)llowtd by others. Mr. 

 W. Smith, a celebrated engineer, has arranged materials for 

 a similar illustration of the counties contiguous to Bath ; 

 which, it is hoped, as soon as accomplishi-d, will be sub- 

 mitted to the public. The advantages to be derived from a 

 jilan ol this kind, generally adopted, must be of considerable 

 importance, both to the agriculturist and the miner. 



'J'he article is intr(Kluced in the volume from which wc 

 have copied it, with the following prefatory note : 



• From Letters and Papers of the Bath and West of England Society; 

 vul. xii. f Jolin Holt's Agricultural Survey ol Lancashire, 8vo, 1795. 



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