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"WEEK-END HEAD-QUARTERS at the Buck Hotel, Driffield, oral 

 the Trout Inn, Wansford. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.— Members wishing to spend the week- 

 end will find plenty of accommodation at Driffield. 



BOOKS AND MAPS.-— The whole district is in Sheet 64 (formerly 94 

 N.w. ) one-inch Ordnance Map (also published geologically coloured), and also 

 falls within Sheets 161, 162, 178, and 179 of the six-inch map. 



Of books and papers which may be referred to, Mr. T. Sheppard sends the 

 following list: — Geology of the Country around Driffield (Geol. Survey Mem.), 

 J. R. Dakyns and C. Fox-Strangways, 1886 ; Geology of Holderness, C. Reid, 

 1885 ; the Physical Geography and Geology of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 

 E. M. Cole (Proc. Yorkshire Geo]. Soc, 1885) ; on the Red Chalk of Yorkshire, 

 E. M. Cole (loc. cit. , 1878); on the Origin and Formation of the Wold Dales, 

 E. M. Cole (loc. cit., 1879); on the Chalk of Yorkshire, E. M. Cole (loc. cit., 

 1882) ; Note on Dry Valleys in the Chalk, E. M. Cole (loc. cit., 1887) ; Drainage 

 Sections at Driffield, J. R. Mortimer (loc. cit., 1881); the Origin and Distribution 

 of the Unwaterworn Chalk-Gravel on the Yorkshire Chalk-Hills, J- R. Mortimer 

 (Proc, Geol. Assn., vol. 8, no. 5) ; the Chalk Water-Supply of Yorkshire, J. R. 

 Mortimer (Proc. Inst. Civil Engrs., 1879); Notes on the White Chalk of York- 

 shire, G. W. LampUigh (Proc. Yorks. Geol. Soc, 1895); the Geology of Flam- 

 boro' Head with Notes on the Yorkshire Wolds, G. W. Lamplugh (loc. cit., 1896); 

 the Fishes of the River Hull, H. M. Foster (the Hull Scientific and F.N. Club, 

 1898). 



ROUTES.— 



Mr. Mortimer's Museum of Antiquities and Geology will be open for inspec- 

 tion all day from 8-30 a.m. 



V I.. — Naturalists will explore the banks of the river Hull, and the canal between 

 Driffield and Brigham. Conveyances will leave Mr. Mortimer's Museum at 10 a.m. , 

 and drive straight to Brigham. Members will then work the river and canal banks 

 ■ back to Driffield. Leaders, Messrs. J. D. Butterell, W. H. Blakeston, etc. 



II. — Mr. Charles Waterfall will lead a party of botanists and conchologists from 

 Mr. Mortimer's Museum to Emswell, where the springs start, and follow the river 

 Hull down to Driffield and thence to Wansford, exploring the boggy ground 

 between the canal and the river. 



HI.— Geologists from Hull district leave Driffield 9-3 a.m. for Fimber, for 

 examination of quarry on boundary of upper and middle chalk ; then take train at 

 11-18 a.m. for Wetwang. Geologists from Leeds, York, Scarboro', etc., leave 

 Malton at 10-48 a.m. for Wetwang, joining the above party for examination of 

 chalk quarries on boundary line again as above. Take 2-43 p.m. train for Garton. 

 Examination of gravel beds of Craike Hill. Walk to Emswell, source of river 

 Hull. Walk thence to Driffield. Leaders :— Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., F.G.S. 

 and Mr. J. R. Mortimer. 



IV. — Afternoon Parties. — Naturalists will work down between the river and 

 canal, and on meeting the first party return with them, or they may work up the 

 river Hull to Emswell. 



CONVEYANCES may be had for the journey between Driffield and 

 Brigham (fares One Shilling each) if ordered from Mr. J. Ewbank, Middle 

 Street Mews, Driffield. 



PERMISSION to visit their lands is granted by Lord Londesborough and 

 other owners and occupiers. 



THE DISTRICT. — The district appointed for investigation is the basin 

 of the infant river Hull from its source at Emswell Springs down to its junction 

 with the Lowthorpe Trout Stream, near Brigham. The low-lying boggy tract 

 between the river and the canal near Wansford will be found remarkably rich in 

 plants and shells. 



