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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT GREAT AYTON. 
Tue August meeting at Great Ayton brought to a close the 
Union’s general field excursions for the year.  Consider- 
ing that the area for investigation included such excellent 
working ground for all sections it was surprising that the 
attendance was so moderate, even the members of the local 
Societies failing to bring Monday’s excursion to anything like 
the numerical standard that might have been expected. The 
headquarters were at the Buck Hotel and members arrived on 
Friday and Saturday, twelve of the affiliated Societies being 
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Photo by] (Godfrey Bingley. 
The house (ivy-covered) where Capt. Cook’s father lived; Great Ayton. 
represented. The Yorkshire Geological Society, with its head- 
quarters at Saltburn, also took part in the excursions. 
There are no congested areas about Great Ayton, the village 
extending a mile and a half in length. One of its most notable 
habitations is the place where Captain Cook, the circum- 
navigator, received his education. To his memory is a monu- 
ment on Easby Hill. 
Mr. J. J. Burton had control of the local arrangements 
and also acted as leader of the geological excursions; Mr, 
T. A. Lofthouse performing similar office for the rest of the 
party. 
1913 Sept. I, 
