Yorkshire Xaluralists at Filcv. 243 



On Monday mornini,'- the members were earlv astir. Each 

 train brouiifht more arrivals, and by noon over a hundred 

 members and associates were present, as well as a few teachers, 

 members of the l^ast Riding Nature Study Committee, with 

 their secretary, the Rev. R. G. Pyne. It was also most 

 i,^ratifying- to find a large proportion of the Union's older 

 workers present. 



One party, accompanied by a number oi the county's leadin^;- 

 botanists, took the cliflfs to the south oi Filey. Mr. Fetch had 

 a larger following- with him on the Brig than on the previous 

 days, and no doubt another \isit would have 'converted' some 

 of the members to the stud\' oi marine zoology. The lepi- 

 dopterists, conchologists, etc., devoted their attention to the 

 slopes oi the cliffs, and elsewhere. Perhaps the largest 

 pa.rty consisted of geologists and would-be geologists who 

 examined the cliffs between Filey and Cayton Bay, headed by 

 Mr. J. W. Stather and Mr. W. H. Crofts. The Calcareous Grit, 

 forming the Brig, proved particularly productive of fossils, 

 and }ielded a nautilus, three species of ammonites, and a 

 host oi univalves, echinoderms, brachiopods, and lamelli- 

 branchs. The small urchin, Echinobrissus sculahis, was very 

 plentiful on the weathered ledge of rock immediately under the 

 boulder clay. On the Brig the ' Ball-bed,' with its characteristic 

 concretions, and ramifying root-like structures, was pointed out, 

 and could be traced for some distance in the cliffs. The crump- 

 lings in the upper layers of limestone, due to ice-pressure, were 

 also well seen. 



After examining the Brig the cliffs were ascended, and 

 traversed along the top to Gristhorpe Bay, when the beach was 

 again taken and followed as far as the pumping station in 

 Cayton Bay, where wagonettes awaited the arrival of the 

 members and conveyed them back to Filey. The well-known 

 plant-beds in the Estuarine series, the fault at Red Cliff', and 

 the grand exposure of Cornbrash, Kellaways Rock, Oxford Clav, 

 and Calcareous Grit were pointed out, though the time at the 

 disposal of the party did not admit of much collecting. A i^sfj 

 interesting erratics were noted, particulars of which will 

 eventually appear in the Boulder Committee's Report. 



Towards tea-time the members assembled at Foord's Hotel, 

 Filey, but in such numbers that the two largest rooms available 

 could not contain them all. The landlord, however, seemed to 

 have an unlimited larder, fortunately. Afterwards, the meetino- 

 was held in the open air behind the hotel, the President occupying 



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