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there, the walk led to Huttons Ambo in order to examine the 
gorge which formed the outlet of Lake Pickering. The return 
was made along the banks of the Derwent. In the afternoon, 
a visit was paid to a house in a yard abutting upon the remains 
of the Norman Castle. On the walls in the bedroom of this 
house is elaborate carving. The cellar of the same house 
contains evidence which points to its having been a Sanctuary 
Chapel. An inspection was made of the Gilbertine Priory 
Church of St. Mary’s, ending with a visit to the gravel pit near 
the Electric Power Works. 
The rainfall until nearly noon on Monday, made serious 
working out of the question, nevertheless the walk arranged 
was carried out. Detraining at Castle Howard station, the 
party proceeded alongside Crambe Beck through Pretty Wood, 
inspecting the Pryamid erected to the memory of Lord Howard, 
and then to the Castle, where they were courteously received 
by Mr. C. Luckhurst, who subsequently conducted the party 
through the gardens and the Mausoleum. The homeward 
walk was by way of Lowthorpe, and along a green lane, in 
the hedgerows bordering which was an abundance of Daphne 
laureola (Spurge Laurel), to the York Road. 
At the close of the excursion, sectional reports were present- 
ed, and hearty thanks accorded to the Countess of Carlisle, for 
permission to visit her estates at Castle Howard ; to Mr. W. H. 
St. Quintin for permission to visit his gardens and aviaries ; 
to Mr. A. H. Taylor for the many comforts and facilities at 
headquarters, and for acting as guide on the excursions ; to 
Mr. C. C. Laverack for his loan of books and maps, and also 
for acting as guide, and to Mr. A. E. Peck for making the local 
arrangements. 
At the evening meetings, the. President, Mr. Cheesman, 
discoursed upon some of the species of Australian and New 
Zealand fungi collected by him nearly two years ago, seven 
of which had proved new to science. One of these, Peniophora 
Cheesmam, was among the many species exhibited by him. 
Mr. H. B. Booth gave an interesting resumé of the principal 
features of the Scampston Hall aviary, eulogising the services 
which Mr. St. Quintin was rendering to ornithologists. 
Two lecturettes were delivered by Dr. Woodhead. In 
the first, he gave an account of the excavations now in progress 
in the neighbourhood of Deighton, near Huddersfield, on the 
site of the works of British Dyes. The sections here exposed 
are in the so called river gravels, but these deposits were seen 
to consist of successive beds of gravel and sand; resting on 
the shales was a bed of dirty grey gravel, followed by coarse 
gravel, coarse sand, a thin bed of gravel, and finally a bed of 
fine sand becoming clayey in places. These deposits could 
best be explained on the theory of a glacial.lake. The Airedale 

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