ig6 Yorkshire Naturalists at Coivthorpe. 



MANX GEOLOGY. 

 Mr. G. W. Lamplugh's appointment to survey the Isle of 

 Man a few years ag"0 was hailed with satisfaction by all 

 British geologists. From 1892 to 1897 Mr. Lamplugh worked 

 assiduously at the geology of the island, evidences of which 

 appeared occasionally in the ' Quarterly Journal ' and elsewhere ; 

 his paper on the ' Crush-Conglomerates ' being a remarkable 

 piece of original work. Since 1897 the appearance of the 

 completed Memoir on the Geology of the Island has been 

 anxiously awaited. It has now appeared, and has certainly 

 by far exceeded the most sanguine expectations. The favour- 

 able nature of the ' boundaries ' to the area surveyed by Mr. 

 Lamplugh has enabled him to complete his Memoir in a much 

 more satisfactory manner than is usually found in the Survey 

 Publications, and of this full advantage has been taken. The 

 volume is surely as complete an account of the geology of the 

 island as it is possible to prepare. It has over 600 pages, is 

 well illustrated by numerous sketches, maps, sections, and 

 photographs. It is divided into three sections: (i) Introduc- 

 tory, (2) Stratigraphy, and (3) Economic Geology. There are 

 numerous appendices, and a very complete bibliography, includ- 

 ing papers up to January 1903. Prof. W. W. Watts has 

 prepared the petrographical descriptions. Whilst Yorkshire 

 geologists have reason to regret Mr. Lamplugh's departure 

 from his native county, they cannot but feel proud of the good 

 work he is accomplishing elsewhere. 



YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT COWTHORPE, 



9th MAY, 1903. 



It rarely happens that the members of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 Union meet in the field in such miserable weather as that expe- 

 rienced on the first excursion for the present year. Little 

 ■evidence was visible of the ' merry month of May,' ' May fill- 

 dyke ' being far more applicable. The rain which had fallen 

 during the few days prior to the excursion continued steadily 

 and uninterruptedly all day on the 9th, to the discomfort of the 

 members, numbering nearly a score, who had reached Allerton 

 in the hopes of seeing something of Allerton and Ribston Parks, 

 and the Cowthorpe Oak. The weather was cold, dykes were 

 full to the brim, fields were in places flooded, the Nidd was 

 swollen and turbid ; in fact, were it not for an occasional fruit 



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