Yorkshire Naturalists at Goat hi and. 301 



remarkable iavestiijations of .Mr. Kendall"'-' in connection with 

 the lakes formed by the damming- up of the valleys by ice during- 

 the Glacial Period. From various points during- the dav's 

 ramble the sites of the old lakes were pointed out, with their 

 accompanying- phenomena, the 'overflow channels.' At Castle 

 Hill was perhaps one of the most remarkable examples of 

 erosion met with during- the ramble ; its extraordinary position 

 and surrounding- channels of various heig-hts being- readilv 

 accounted for on Mr. Kendall's theory. It seems strang-e that, 

 althoug-h the various phenomena upon which Mr. Kendall bases 

 his conclusions have 'oeen carefully and accurately mapped for 

 years, their true interpretation has only just been made. 



A few erratics were noted on the moors, particulars of which 

 will no doubt appear in the ' Boulder Report.' 



After tea, which was held at the Goathland Hotel, Mr. W. 

 Denison Roebuck presided at the gfeneral meeting-, when reports 

 on the work accomplished were g-iven by the Chairman and 

 Messrs. J. Wadding-ton, M. L. Thompson, W. Ing-ham, M. B. 

 Slater, P. F. Kendall, and the Rev. J. Hawell. A Viper, which 

 had been secured during- the afternoon, was exhibited, and some 

 shells of Helix nemoralis, as broken and fed upon by hedgehog's, 

 were also shown. 



A few members stayed the week-end in the vicinitv, and 

 these assembled on the Saturday evening-, under the chairman- 

 ship of Mr. E. Hawkesworth to hear the promised papers, ' An 

 Oolitic Plant Bed in North Cleveland,' by the Rev. J. Hawell, 

 and 'The Birds of the Goathland District,' by Mr. T. Stephen- 

 son. Both these will appear in 'The Naturalist.' 



The following- day being- even hotter than the first, there 

 was a g-eneral disinclination for very much exertion. The 

 morning- was spent in the vicinity of Mallyan Spout, where the 

 botanists found plenty to occupy their attention. In the woods 

 close by some of the members made their first acquaintance with 

 the Stink-horn {Phallus impudicus), half a dozen being- in full 

 g-rowth near an old tree stump. One was g-athered for the 

 S3cretary of the Mycolog-ical Committee, but was not carried 

 far! In the afternoon, by the friendly help of a wag-gonette, 

 some of the outlying parts of the moors were visited. On the 

 heather a larg-e Dragon-fly, identified by Mr. Porritt as Cordule- 

 gaster annulatus , was secured. 



The following- reports on results of the excursion have been 

 received : — 



' See 'The Naturalist,' January 1903, pp. 14-16. 



1005 August I. 



