CiRC. 155. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.— Members desiring to stay in the district 

 over the weelv-end will find good accommodation at the Station Hotel, Whitby. 



PERMISSION is granted by the Marquis of Normanby for Mulgrave Woods 

 to be visited on the 15th September. 



BOOKS AND MAPS.— The district is comprised in Sheet 104 S.E. 

 (Whitby and Sandsend), which can be had geologically coloured. Reference should 

 be made to Phillips' ' Geology of Yorkshire,' and to his ' Rivers, Mountains, and 

 Sea Coast ' ; also to Baker's ' North Yorkshire ' for details of the Flora. 



THE DISTRICT for investigation is the coast-line from Whitby to Kettle- 

 ness and the woods and ravines adjacent, 



SATURDAY'S ROUTES.— Members reach Sandsend at 11-32 a.m. and 

 1-57 p.m. from the north, at 11-55 a.m. from the south. 



I. — Geologists will investigate the coast-line under the leadership of Rev. J. 

 Hawell, M.A., starting from Sandsend Station at 12 noon, and returning by the 

 4-21 p.m. from Kettleness to Whitby. 



2. — Naturalists will be under the leadership of Mr, Joseph T. Sewell, of 

 Whitby, and investigate Mulgrave Woods, starting at noon from Sandsend. 



3. — Marine zoologists will explore the coast, low tide being at 2-30 p.m. 

 AH return by the 4-28 p.m. train Sandsend to Whitby. 



GEOLOGY. — Rev. John Hawell, M.A. , writes: — From a geological and 

 artistic point of view there is no more interesting bit on the coast of England. In 

 the season of spring-tides a large expanse of shale is uncovered and from this large 

 numbers of fossils are obtainable. With the exception of beleinnites, however, the 

 best fossils are to be obtained from the nodules and hard bands. Nodules are 

 extremely numerous and range from half-an-inch up to some yards in diameter. 

 The beds to be traversed include the whole of the Upper Lias and a portion of the 

 Middle Lias, including the 'main seam' of Cleveland Ironstone. The ironstone 

 seam is poor at this point, however, and is divided into two by an intervening bed 

 of shale. The stone has been torn up on the scars, but has not been thought worth 

 mining into the cliff. The cliffs have, however, been largely mined for jet and 

 alum. The mouths of numerous tunnels made in seeking jet will be observed in 

 passing along the bottom of the cliff, and if time permit the great Kettleness alum 

 works will be visited. 



This bit of coast is mapped on sheets 34 and 35 (new series) of the Geological 

 Survey (one inch to mile), and may be had in either the solid or drift edition. The 

 Geological Survey Memoir on 'North Cleveland' is an explanation of these two 

 sheets, and Messrs, Tate and Blake's ' Yorkshire Lias ' should be consulted, 

 BOTANY.— 



Flowering Plants, — Mr. Thomas Newbitt, of Whitby, supplies the following 

 notes : — Baker mentions 637 species as found in Eskdale, of \\hich 351 belong to 

 his 'general ascending' category. The physical formation of the district, with its 

 steep hills and rapid streams, causes an almost complete absence of plants delighting 

 in stagnant water and sluggish streams. In the immediate neighbourhood of Whitby 

 may be found Brassir.a oleracea, y^gol)odiniii podagraria, Senebiera coronopus, and 

 .S'. didviiia. Hyoscyanms nr'ger has been found in the Old Churchyard, and Cheiran- 

 thiis cheiri is wild among the ruins of the Abbey. Along the coast between Whitby 

 Harbour and Sandsend are Areuaria peploides, Partiassia palustris, Potei'iitm 

 sanguisorba, Pingiiicula vulgaris^ Gyinnadeniaconopsea, Genista tincton'a, Triglochin 

 palustre, Hippoplia'e rliainnoides (beyond Upgang), Vicia bitkynica (the only locality 

 m Yorkshire): and Salvia verbenaca (near the railway bridge at East Row). On the 

 muddy shores of the Esk, below Ruswarp, are Glatix viaritiina and Aster tripoliittn. 

 Alisnia Plan/ago has been found here but is scarce. The garden walls of Ruswarp 

 Village and the walls of the Old Mill (on that side of it which faces the river) 

 display Aspleninm rida-niuraria and Linaria cyntbalaria. Cock Mill Woods 

 produce Lonicera periclyvieniun and L. caprifoliiim. Convolvulus sepiuin (C a)-ven- 

 sis is very rare), Myrrhis odorata, Solidago virgaurea, and of vetches V. sylvatica 

 and V. tetrasterma. The river banks above Ruswarp afford Petasitcs vulgaris in 

 early spring, and Solanum dukatnata in summer. Geranium sylvaticum and 

 Campanula rapunculoides are met with by the road side between Grosmont and 

 Egton Bridge, and in Arncliffe Woods is abundant store of ferns ( Osiinmda regalis. 



