204 Yorkshire Naturalists at Hambleton. 
Permission to visit the wood had been kindly granted by 
Mr. J. Elston Cawthorn, who, with his woodmen, accompanied 
the party. At noon Mr. Cawthorn invited the members to 
partake of an excellent lunch, and hearty thanks were accorded 
to him for his hospitality on the motion of Dr. Corbett, seconded 
by Mr. W. N. Cheesman. 
The geologists proceeded to Brayton Barff, where Mr. Bruce 
McGray, the manager of the Selby Council’s Waterworks, 
exhibited a series of cores obtained at the time the test was made 
for the present water supply on the Barff. He also produced 
for inspection a plan of the waterworks bore in Ousegate in 
Jaws and Geologists at Hambleton. 
1854, and a coloured drawing showing the outer strata between 
Brotherton and Selby, prepared by Prof. Kendall. A detailed 
examination was also made of the gravels and pebbles, and 
altogether a most instructive time was spent. 
At the meeting held at the close of the excursion, the 
President (Mr. Riley Fortune, F.Z.S.) moved a resolution con- 
gratulating those members of the Union who had been honoured 
by the Leeds University by the conferring of honorary degrees 
(see The Naturalist for June, p. 181). This resolution was 
seconded by Dr. Corbett, and carried with acclamation. The 
various sectional reports were presented, and the meeting 
brought to a close with a vote of thanks to Mr. J. E. Cawthorn 
Naturalist, 
