l^oi-ksbive matuvalists' XHiuoii. 



pvesiDent : 



REV. W. FOWLER, M.A., Liversedge. 



IfDon. Secretaries: 



W. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., 259, Hyde Park Road, Leeds. 

 EDWIN HAWKESWORTH, Goodman Street, Ilunslet, Leeds. 



THE 162nd meeting 



WILL Bli HELD AT 

 FOR THE INVESTIGATIOX OF 



CONISBOROUGH to DONCASTER 



ox 



THURSDAY, 26th September, 1901. 



This Excursion should have been to Went Vale, I2lh September, but the 

 Secretaries were unable to obtain the necessary permission, and the date has to be 

 altered to avoid Doncaster Race-Week. 



RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.— These are stated and included in 

 Circular No. 161, relating to the Fungus Foray, of which this excursion constitutes 

 the closing day, open to students of all branches. Holders of Doncaster tickets 

 will be allowed to break their journey at Conisborough. 



PERMISSION has been kindly granted by Miss Bewick-Copley, Mr. Charles 

 E. Ellis and Mr. W. IL Battie-\Vrightson for tlieir estates to be visited, also by 

 Messrs. Walker and Crawshaw, and Messrs. Blagdon and Crawshaw for their 

 quarries at Conisborough and Warmsworth. Scabba Wood is expressly exempted 

 from the permission granted, and is not to be entered. 



BOOKS AND MAPS.— The neighbourhood of Doncaster is in Sheet SS, 

 and that of Conisborough in Sheet 87 of the New Series of the One-inch Ordnance 

 Map. The whole district is in Sheet 87 S.E. , of the Old Series, 



THE DISTRICT embraces that part of the Don Valley where the river cuts 

 its way through the Permian Rocks. The natural outline of the left bank has been 

 much changed by quarrying. The right side is less altered. As the river winds 

 from side to side of the valley, steep rocky woods alternate with rich alluvial 

 meadows, forming a bit of country alike attractive to the naturalist and the photo- 

 grapher. 



ROUTES. — All parties will leave Conisljurough Station after the arrivals of 

 the trains leaving Sheffield at 10-43 ^-ui-, and Doncaster 11 -15 a.m. 



I. — The General body of Naturalists, under the guidance of Messrs. Stiles 

 and Bayfiird, will go to Conisborough Castle. After leaving the Castle the party 

 will divide ; one section taking the footpaths on the right side of the Don, to Levitt 

 Hagg, Warmsworth, and Doncaster: the other section, guided by Mr. Stiles, will 



