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during the meeting and handed over later to Mr. J. W. Carter:— 
A nice series of Tviplax @enea Schal. from fungi taken by Mr. 
Malone; Haltica oleracea L., taken by Mr. H. Lumby and 
Calvia 14 guttata L., taken by Mr. W. H. Parkin. 
GEOLoGY.—Mr. A. Gilligan, B.Sc., F.G.S., reports :—The 
members of the Geological Section first visited the Hambleton 
Quarries, and it was remarked that many changes in the 
appearance of the folded strata had taken place within the 
memory of those present as the workings have extended 
further into the hillside. It would be of service if someone 
could undertake the work of making a series of photographs 
from which a model could be constructed to illustrate the 
complicated structure here exhibited in such perfection. The 
usual finds were recorded, one member being exceptionally 
fortunate in being able to spot anything which was mentioned 
as being likely to occur, such as various forms of calcite, 
slickensiding and even the somewhat rare blebs of bitumen 
in the calcite veins. Crystals of kaolinite resulting from the 
decomposition of a felspathic grit occurring in the neigh- 
bourhood of this quarry are on view in the museum of Practical 
Geology, Jermyn Street. One very large, badly preserved 
goniatite was found on a vertical face cf shale in the approach 
to the quarry from the station. This was not ‘ gathered’ 
and was seen by the writer a week later. Proceeding towards 
the abbey and along the left bank of the river to the bungalow 
an excellent opportunity was afforded of studying river action. 
Among the pebbles of the strands several masses of coral 
Lithostrotion, and Syringopora were found. <A search among 
the pebbles which occur in the grit of the Strid yielded some 
good things, granites and cherts, one of the latter very large, 
at least in comparison with the usual size, being at least one 
and a half inches in diameter. The moraines came in for a 
great deal of attention ; the one on which Barden Tower stands 
was explored and either it or the good things provided by the 
present occupier of this ancient edifice proved so attractive 
that no time was left for the further walk to Burnsall Fell to 
examine the storm channels which, however, the writer can 
vouch are still there, as he visited them the following week. 
7 O° 
We regret to record the death of Abraham Shackleton, retired printer, 
publisher, bookbinder, and a botanist of some repute, at the age of 86 
years, which occurred at Braithwaite, Keighley, recently. He made a 
special study of mosses, and collected largely in lichens, in which he did 
much work in association with Mr. Thomas Hebden. With Mr. Hebden, 
he has tramped hundreds of miles in search of specimens. The pair pub- 
lished three or four papers in The Naturalist some twenty years ago, 
giving three very good Lists of district lichens. Mr. Shackleton was the 
founder and supporter of the old Keighley Scientific and Literary Society, 
and the existing organisation, the Keighley Naturalists’ Society, founded 
in 1904, elected him its first honorary member. 


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