416 The late Sir Joseph Presticich — Notes on the Drift Deposits. 



Fault with downthrow of about 5 feet in centre of section, 

 Feb. 24, 1859. — Northampton to Stamford. Mr. Bentley informed 

 me that just above the town [Stamford], in some large stone-pits, 

 a great fissure 20 feet deep and closed in at top was exposed by the 

 workings. The bottom was covered by a light-coloured clay or 

 loam, in which many bones were found, white and well preserved. 

 He had kept only a few : among them is a small plate of an 

 elephant's tooth, teeth of deer, of hygena, and bear ? 



[With the exception of hear the occurrence of these animal remains was confirmed 

 hy S. Sharp, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxix, p. 254.] 



Mr. Bentley directed my attention to the drift near Saxby and 

 Melton Mowbray, where great beds of sand and gravel, disturbed by 

 faults, underlie the Boulder-clay, not disturbed. 



Aug. 29, 1859. — Hill S.E. of Pershore; bare clay on slope, gravel 

 on top. Same on next hill nearer Cropthorne and at Cropthorne 

 itself. There it is more sandy, almost all sand derived from the 

 New Red Sandstone. This gravel is 4 to 8 feet thick, not stratified, 

 no oolitic debris, almost all N. R. S. debris and a few flints. 



Beyond Cropthorne, in a low hill, is another gravel with oolitic 

 debris. Returning through Cropthorne to the new pit at New Inn, 

 [section showed: — ] 



Feet. 

 Brickearth [resting irregularly on] ... ... ... ... 2 to 3 



Gravel of N. E. S dehris with angulite oolitic debris in 



small quantities and a few flints ... ... ... 1 



Brickearth with Cijelas, Succinea, etc. ... ... ... 2 



Brown solid gravel with Snccinea (perfect, 5 feet from top) , 

 also a small Helix. More sandy at base, fragments of 

 bones ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 



This is on rather a lower level than Cropthorne. 

 Mr. Strickland's old pits are all filled up. The section, I was 

 informed by Charles Price, consisted of : — 



Feet. 



Brickearth 18 



Gravel, bones at top ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Sand with shells ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Brown clay 



A few bones were also found in the brickearth, but not so perfect. 



[See W, C. Lucy, Proc. Cotteswold Club, vol. v, p. 85.] 



No Date. — Criccieth [Carnarvonshire]. Boulder-clay gravel. The 

 grey matrix of this gravel consists entirely of fine small flat grains, 

 much worn, of shales and slates, varying in size from a grain of 

 sand to a threepenny piece. 



Nov. 23, 1859. — Accompanied Mr. Denny and Mr. Teale to 



Wortley [Leeds]. Section in the town near the Square showed : — 



Feet. 

 Made ground 4 



Sandy beds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Yellow clay 1 to 2 



Blue clay ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 



The workmen said this last was 10 to 12 feet thick, and reposed 

 on the solid rock. At Wortley the pits are almost obliterated. The 



