94 Obituary— G. B. Piper, F.G.8. 



The lower part of the Lias and the Khsetic beds are entirely con- 

 cealed ; but grey marls overlying red marls occur about half a mile 

 east of Clifton Station, and at the station the Eed Marl of the Keuper 

 comes on in force. The alluvial deposits of the Trent, pierced to 

 a depth of from 25 to 30 feet, consist principally of loam overlying 

 varying thicknesses of sand and gravel. Horns of red deer were 

 found at a depth of 25 feet. At Dukeries Station white flaggy 

 Keuper sandstones appear from beneath the Red Marl, and probably 

 represent the eastward extension of the Tuxford Stone. A deep well 

 here has been bored to a depth of 6M feet from the present surface, 

 and details of the section are given in the paper. South of Kirton 

 there is a deep cutting in the Waterstones, and after leaving the 

 escarpment the line enters on the great dip-slope of the Bunter 

 Pebble Beds, which are shown at Ollerton and at intei'vals for four 

 miles beyond this. There are no sections in the Lower Red and 

 Mottled Sandstones ; and west of Warsop the line crosses the dip- 

 slope of the Magnesian Limestone. Details of the sections in this 

 rock are given. 



Between Scarcliff and Bolsover the line crosses the Permian 

 escarpment in a tunnel, the whole of which is in the Coal-measures ; 

 these are high up in the series, and contain no coal-seams of value. 

 They are not stained red. 



West of Arkwright's Town Station is a very complete section of 

 beds representing the Middle Coal and Ironstone series (the most 

 valuable part of the Derbyshire Coalfield), of which full details are 

 given, most of the important coal-seams being readily recognized ; 

 and the author describes some remarkable features in the relation- 

 ships of some of the sandstones to the other deposits. 



The absence of Glacial beds is of much interest ; not a trace of 

 genuine Boulder-clay has been seen along the whole line. 



OEITTJ-^Ii^r. 



GEORGE HARRY PIPER, F.G.S. 



BoEN April 8, 1819. Died August 26, 1897. 



The subject of this brief notice, the second son of the late 

 Captain E. J. Piper, R.N., was born in London in 1819, in the 

 neighbourhood of Regent's Park, where his family resided. His 

 parents removed to Herefordshire in 1829, taking their son George, 

 then a boy of ten years old, with them. Naturally an observant 

 youth, country life and pursuits, after London, had a great 

 attraction for him, and he speedily became interested in studying 

 the birds, trees, and flowers, and early learned to fish and shoot. 

 When only fourteen, however, his health gave way, and he had to 

 remain in bed for about three years, suffering from a lame leg, and 

 was never entirely free from pain during the remainder of his life. 

 As a consequence of this, his education was cai'ried on at home, 

 in a more or less desultory manner. Nevertheless, he was a keen 



