CiRC. 156. 



Ibotel BccommoDation. 



Head-quarters for members staying overnight will be at the Corporation 

 Hotel, Middlesbrough (bed, breakfast, and attendance, 4/6). Members wishing 

 to be at the sea-side will find plenty of accommodation at Redcar and Saltburn. 



SATURDAY'S PROGRAMME. 



Bi'cursion to ©uisborougb nnb SpawooD /iftiiies anD MooDs. 



9=3S a.m. — Train leaves Middlesbrough Station for Guisborough. (Train leaves 

 Saltburn for Guisborough at 9-4 a.m.). Members to meet at Guisborough 

 Station on arrival of train from Middlesbrough at 10-5 a.m. Walk to Spawood 

 Mines, permission for visiting which has been given by Sir Bernard Samuelson 

 & Co., Ltd., and also adjoining woods, permission for which has been granted 

 by Mrs. Chaloner. The walk is about two miles each way. Return train leaves 

 Guisborough at 3-42 p.m. Air. W. Charlton, Mr. T. F. Ward, and Mr. 

 W. H. Thomas, will act as guides. 



Mr. Wm. Charlton, Assoc.R.S.M., writes as follows: — Near the Spa- 

 wood Ironstone Mines, Guisborough, there is a very good exposure of the 

 strata of the Inferior Oolite, the Upper and part of the Aliddle Lias. On each 

 side of the valley the alum shale has been extensively worked in the manufac- 

 ture of alum, and the jet rock in searching for jet. The main seam of Cleveland 

 ironstone crops out on both sides of the valley, and where it crosses- the gill 

 at .Slapewath Bridge forms a small waterfall. At the Spawood Mine the iron- 

 stone is worked by means of adits driven into the seam at its outcrop. 



' The railway cutting at Spawood displays a fine section of the bottom seam 

 of ironstone which contains a profusion of Gresslya mteniiedia in the position 

 of life, and large examples of Pccten ivquivalvis, Alonotis cygiiipes, and Liirij-a 

 hermanni.^ — Tate and Blake, Yorkshire Lias, p. 137. 



:[£jcur6ioti to IReDcar. 



^-30 a.m. — Train leaves Middlesbrough, arriving at Redcar at 9-55 a.m. 

 Visitors interested in marine zoology will find Redcar rocks well worth 

 examination. Mr. Hy. Simpson, of Redcar, will be glad to furnish any 

 information that may be required. Low tide is about mid-day. 



Mr. T. H. Nelson, M.B.O.U., will meet members who wish to see his 

 collection of birds (mostly local) and eggs, after which the party will proceed 

 by the shore to the Tees' mouth, three miles. If it is agreeable, the South 

 Gare Break-water and Lighthouse can be inspected, and the Tees' sands be 

 explored. The return route will be by Coatham Marshes and the site of the 

 old duck-decoy, the whole distance making a round of nine or ten miles. 



The following birds may probably be observed at the estuary or on the 

 sands : — Curlew, Whimbrel, Golden, Grey, and Green Plover, Godwit, Knot, 

 Ring Dotterel, Redshank, Turnstone, Dunlin, Sanderling, Ducks of various 

 sorts, several species of Gulls, Cormorant, Red-throated Diver, Razorbill, 

 Guillemots, and, the migration season being in full swing, it is highly prob- 

 able that fresh arrivals of over-sea migrants will be in evidence, all of which 

 are of interest to ornithologists. 



As there is no place for refreshments on the route, membeis had best make 

 provision beforehand. 



Trains leave Redcar for Middlesbrough, etc., at 4-44, 5-46, and 7-6 p.m. 

 5-7 p.m. — A train leaves Middlesbrough, with good connection, for most parts 

 of the county. 



