regarding Basalles, Coals, ^c. 128 



mass of strata, with corresponding dips, somewhere near to Roth- 

 bury ?, Bellingham ?, and thence W and NW, towards or into 

 Cumberland ?. 



Do not some of the Coal-seams, and their accompaniments, 

 which are wrought near the Coast, between the Coquet and 

 Wensbeck Rivers, range thence, varying perhaps in thickness, 

 somewhere near to Morpeth ?, Stamfordhani ?, Hexham ?, Stu- 

 bhc ? and Alston-Moor?; and do .they not continue thence 

 through Teesdale Forest ?, to near Staindrop ?, and become cor- 

 vered by the Magnetic Limestone ?; And, do not these same 

 measures, occupy {)art of the surface E and SE of Brough ?, and 

 in Arkengarth Forest?, &;c. 



2nd. Is not the Basalt, ranging from Jemming or Ti aiming, (or 

 Temon) to the Tyne River near Wall, and from West-Harle to 

 near Causway-Park, in reality a continuous stratum, with a 

 south-eastwardly dip ?• 



Are not the scattered patches of Basalt, between the Tyne and 

 West-Harle, in realitv, either joined, by connecting, but thinner 

 parts of the same stratum, (aiid perhaps greatly varied in com- 

 position and appearance also)? ; or, does the contiimous bed of 

 Basalt alluded to, range on the SE of most of these patches of 

 Basalt, leaving them really detached, as Hummocks ?. 



Is there not a prolongation of the Basalt, traceable from Caus- 

 v/av-Park eastward to the Coast ? : at least, do none of its nu- 

 merous varieties appear, in situ (not as real dykes) on the shore, 

 or in the adjacent Island*, from Druridge to Red-Hill, near 

 Long-Houghton ?. 



Are the apparently detached parts of a Basaltic stratum be- 

 tween Bamborough-Castle and Kyloe, really detached?, (not 

 owing to alluvia or peat, making them appear so) ; and if so, do 

 not the dips of the strata indicate, that such Hummocks occupy 

 the lower parts of a troitak in the measures ? 



In ascending the Tweed from its mouth, where does Basalt 

 cross its bed ? or appear in its banks ?; or over-lieing Red Marl 

 or its Sandstone commence, to prevent further observations on 

 the regular or continuous strata of that district ?. 



Again. Does not the Basaltic stratum, at or to the W or SW 

 of Jemming, assume, first a S and then a SW dip, so a'<, in rea- 

 lity, to range awayNW?, instead of SW, to pass Richargill and 

 join the eastmost of the two ranges of Basalt depicted in Mr. 

 Professor Buckland's Map, in Vol. iv plate o of the Geol. Trans , 

 as seems intimated near the top of p. 11 7 ? 



Do not Mr. B.'s two ranges of Basalt belong to the same stra- 

 tum*, (however different its composition, thickness or the rapi- 

 dity 



* Tlic Querist would feci exceedingly obliged to Mr. Wincli (or to Mr. 



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