Notes and Cotntnenis. 



DERBYSHIRE LIMESTONES. 



323 



Mr. H. H. Arnold-Bemrose is continuing- his excellent work 

 on the sections exposed during the construction of the .Ashbourne 

 and Buxton branch of the London and North Western Railway. 

 Records of this description, made whilst the cuttings are fresh, 

 are of the greatest possible value. One noticeable feature in 



"'^'ifeffi^' 



Anticline and Syncline in Mountain Limestone ; Alsop-en-le-Dale Cutting. 



connection with these cuttings is the numerous folds into whicli 

 the massive beds of Mountain Limestone have been thrown on 

 the western side of the southern extremity of the Pennine Chain. 

 The results of Mr. Arnold-Bemrose's researches appear in 

 the ' Geological Society's Quarterly Journal ' for August, and 

 we are indebted to the author and the Society for the use of the 

 illustration. 



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 the editorship of Dr. G. W. Chester and Messrs. G. E. Johnson 

 and F. H. Cheetham the scientific portion o'i the ' Handbook ' 



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