BOOKS AND MAPS.— The whole area is induded in Sheet 93 N.W. 

 of the One-Inch Ordnance Map, which may be obtained geologically coloured. 

 Speight's " Nidderdale, " 1894, contains not merely topographical details, but a 

 detailed account of the Oak ; a Flora, by F. Arnold Lees ; Lists of Mammals, 

 Birds, Fishes, and Reptiles, by R. Fortune, F.Z.S. ; and detailed Notes on Land 

 and Freshwater MoUusca, by W. Denison Roebuck, F.L;S. Of the latter only 

 one or two are noted from the particular tract. 



THE DISTRICT.— Dr. W. G. Smith writes :— The District lies near the transi- 

 tion from the Permian to the Trias. The soils are variable, even within short distances. 

 The farm land (all wheat land) is generally light and sandy, but variable. The better 

 soils lie towards Coneythorpe, i.e. towards the Permian. Flaxby Covert (N. of 

 Railway and W. of Allerton Station) may be taken as a typical wood of the 

 district — a characteristic Trias wood consisting chiefly of Oak and Conifers. The 

 same type (with and without the Conifers) will be found around Allerton Parle; 

 especialy at the Northern (or Claro) end. Members interested in Botanical Survey 

 should note the plants of these woods. Numerous small coverts of Conifers 

 occur, and few larger plantations. The plants of these should be compared with 

 those of the Oak-Pine and Oak woods. Beech grows well in the park land, but 

 is said to be all planted ; it is nbt so conspicuous in the plantations as Oak. 



ROUTES. — -All parties start from Allerton Station, York and Harrogate 

 branch of the N.E.R., on the arrival of the 10-44 a.ni. train from York and the 

 g-20 a.m. train from Harrogate. Trains also arrive from York 1-14, Harrogate 1 1-28. 



I. — The Cowthorpe Oak will be visited. 



IL — The general body of Naturalists, led by Mr. R. Fortune, will investigate 

 the fine Park of Allerton Mauleverer, which lies between one and two miles North 

 of the Station. 



IIL — The Geologists will examine the Glacial Deposits to the north of 

 Allerton, and if time permits, the sections in the Bunter Sandstone at Cattal, 

 under the leadership of the officers of the section. 



PERMISSION to visit their estates has been kindly granted by the Rt. Hon. 

 Lord Mowbray and Stourton, Major Dent, J. P., and Mr. George Faber. 



GEOLOGY. — The Geological Section will be officially represented by its 

 President, Mr. E. Hawkesworth ; and the Boulder Committee by its Chairman, 

 Mr. P. F. Kendall, F.G.S., and Secretary, Mr. J. H. Howarth, F.G.S. 



Mr. P. F. Kendall, F.G.S., writes : — The country about Cowthorpe does not 

 present many attractions to the student of the " Solid" Geology. It lies upon the 

 junction of the Magnesian Limestone and the overlying Trias, and examples are to be 

 seen at Cowthorpe of the remarkable pits which for so many miles in the country 

 north of Ripon mark this horizon. I have not visited the village and am unable to 

 speak positively as to the mode of origin of the pits, but it is most probable that, 

 as at Ripon, they are produced by the solution of beds of gypsum which occur in 

 the top of the Permian series, and the collapse of the overlying Trias into the 

 cavities so formed. 



The Glacial Geology of the district should preSent interesting features, and the 

 character of the erratics would well repay investigation. The lateral moraine of 

 the glacier of the vale of York forms a great diffused series of mounds in the 

 neighbourhood, especially well-marked at Ribston, and fine "dry-valleys," the 

 overflow-channels of lakes held up by the ice, are to be seen about Deighton. 



Mr. W. Ingham adds : — In the Tockwith Church School-room are two large 

 striated boulders which were obtained during drainage excavations from the middle 

 of the road passing through the village. Geologists interested in these might 

 easily reach Tockwith from Cowthorpe, or more easily from Cattal Magna. 



BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be oflicially represented by its 

 President, Mr. J. Farrah, F.L.S. ; and Secretaries, Messrs. H. H. Corbett, J- F. 

 Robinson, and W. Ingham, B.A. The Botanical .Stiiuey Co?n!?iittee will be 

 represented by its Secretary, Dr. W. G. Smith. 



