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WEEK-END ARRANGEMENTS.— The Headquarters will be at the 

 Fauconberg Arms Hotel, Coxwold, Easingwold. Terms :— Bed and attendance, 

 2/- per night ; breakfast or tea, 1/6 ; luncheon or dinner, 2/-. As the accommo- 

 dation is very limited, and in great demand, members must be prepared to 

 occupy double-bedded rooms if necessary, and must communicate direct 

 with the Proprietor, Mr. T. Hardy, not later than Tuesday, May 13th. 



ROUTES.— 



I. — Geologists, conducted by Mr. J. E. Hall, will start from Coxwold Station on 

 the arrival of the 11-2 a.m. train, walk to Kilburn, visit Snape Wood Quar- 

 ries, and proceed to Roulston Scar. 



H. — Naturalists, conducted by Mr. J. Richardson and Rev. T. Ainsworth, 



Erode, B.A., will start from Coxwold Station at same time, go on footpath 



\ behind village, through fields to Oldstead, up Oldstead Bank to Scotch Corner, 



thence over moor to Roulston Scar, descend Scar, and return by way of 



Kilburn to Coxwold. 



THE DISTRICT.— Mr. Allan B. Hall writes -.—Coxwold lies in the centre 

 of a district rich in objects of interest for the lover of natural history and archaeology. 

 On the edge of the plain of York, it is within easy distance of the southern extremity 

 of the Hambleton Range of hills, which in this portion is intersected by numerous 

 short valleys, with steep precipitous sides, opening out on the broad Hambleton 

 Plateau. These gills are especially numerous in the neighbourhood of Oldstead, 

 and those intending to follow the edge of the plateau along the summit of the bold 

 escarpments in this district are reminded that distances are very deceptive, and what 

 may appear a short walk in this way often resolves itself into a long and tedious 

 undertaking. The villages of Oldstead and Kilburn are both within two-and-a-half 

 miles of Coxwold, and are picturesquely situated at the foot of the Hambleton 

 slopes, whilst the village of High Kilburn lies near the summit of a detached por- 

 tion of the Hambleton Range. Hood Hill presents an interesting outline especially 

 when viewed from the south, and although detached from Roulston Scar by an 

 intervening valley, is little inferior in height to the main range. On its summit 

 is an exceptionally perfect and interesting British Camp, and a similar one occurs above 

 Oldstead, a little south of the Observatory, whilst numerous interesting tumuli, 

 barrows, and earthworks on the summit of Hambleton show unmistakable 

 traces ot early British occupation. The ' White Horse ' cut out of the turf on the 

 slope of the hill above Kilburn, by a native of the village, Taylor by name, is a pro- 

 minent landmark lor miles round, while from the Observatory, on a prominent lime- 

 stone escarpment above Oldstead, a magnificent panoramic view may be obtained. 



GEOLOGY.— Messrs. P. F. Kendall, F.G.S., and J. H. Howarth, F.G.S., 

 Chairman and Convener of the Boulder Committee, expect to be present. 



Rev. F. Addison, writes : — Roulston Scar forms a kind of promontory from the 

 main range of the Hambleton Hills. If we draw a line from the Scar along the 

 hills to Scarbro' Castle hill, we shall find a nearly unbroken range of Oolitic 

 strata, and since the soft Oxford sandy clay, and other soft rocks underlie the 

 harder rocks, there is a tendency for a gradual disruption of the precipices, some- 

 times causing the stone to roll half-a-mile. Now Roulston Scar can only be con- 

 sidered as the remains of a tableland which stretched in ancient geological dme 

 several miles to the south, the remains of it being recognized by Hood Hill and its 

 outlying elevations. We may also surmise that the neighbouring Mount St. John 

 at Feliskirk is another remnant of a similar southern extension of the Hambleton 

 Plain. This has been a coral reef, and probably Hood Hill has partly been the 

 same, since it is called Estuarine in the map. There are various interesting fossils 

 in the Roulston precipices, and in the vast quantity of fallen rock. Among these 

 fossils are Ammonites, Belemnites, Gryphnea, and although vegetable fossils are 

 rare, I found formerly a fossilised tree-bark, about eight inches in size, on the face 

 of a rock. The sections at Snape Hill Quarries are very fossiliferous. 



Mr. E. Hawkesworth writes that the most interesting geological feature of the 

 district is the double fault, which causes the Oolitesnear Coxwold to crop out much 

 further to the west than the main mass of these rocks. In the quarry at Snape Hill 

 is a good section of Upper Calcareous Grit and Coral Rag, which are more recent 

 than any beds exposed in the adjacent Hambleton escarpment, faulted down against 

 Upper Lias Shales. Mr. C. Fox-Strangways, F.G.S., points out that the rocks of 



