I^ovke biue Baturaltste' lElnioih 



IPresiDent : 



Prof. A. H. GREEN, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., Oxford. 



Ibon. Secretaries: 



\VM. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., Sunny Bank, Leeds. 

 Rev. E. p. KNUBLEY, M.A., Staveley Rectory. Leeds. 

 EDGAR R. WAITE, F.L.S., Philosophical Hall, Leeds. 



THE NINETY-THIRD MEETING 



WILL BE HELD AT 

 FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF 



YORK DALE and SLEDMERE 



ON 



Bank-Holiday lOOlY, Aug. 3, 1891. 



RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.— Return tickets at pleasure party fares 

 issued at all Vorksliire stations on the G.N., H. & B., L. & Y., L. & N.W.. M.S. 

 & L., Mid., and N.E. Railways, for WETWANG or SLEDMERE, to Members 

 and Associates producing signed card of Membership. Those wishing to spend the 

 week-end may book on .Saturday. 



Members and Associates starting from stations which have not through liooking 

 arrangements, should book to the most convenient junction, and re-book to their 

 destination ; the reduction of fare will be granted for both portions of the journey. 



PERMISSION is kindly granted by Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart., and Y. Lloyd 

 Greame, Esq. 



HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.— Members intending to stay over the 

 week-end will find accommodation at the inns at Welwang or .Sledmere. 



ROUTES. — Memljers will proceed from Fimber .Station atii-20 a.m., and 

 will work up ^'ork Dale, through Badger Wood, and back to Wetwang, under 

 the guidance of the Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., F.G.S. Those arriving at Fimber 

 by cailier trains should occujiy the time by investigating the woods at Bessingdale 

 End as far as the chalk pit. 



BOOKS and MAPS.— The whole field of E.xcursion is included in Sheet 64 

 (94 N.W.) One-inch Ordnance Map (also pui^lished geologically coloured), and in 

 Sheets 143 and 160 of the Six-inch Ma[). The Memoir of the Geological Survey is 

 entitled: 'The Geology of the Country around Driffield,' by J. R. Dakyns, M.A., 

 and C. Fox-Strangways, F.G.S. Dr. II. F. I'arsons' 'Moss Flora of the East 

 Riding', 1878 (Trans. Y.N.U., parts ii. and iv., pp. 51 — 61), and Dr. Spruce's 

 'List of Hepalicic of the East Riding,' 1879 (Id., part iv., pp. 62— 63) should be 

 consulted. 



THE DISTRICT.- — The district to be examined consists of the drainage 

 basin of ^'olk Dale. Ijetween Fimber .Station and Sledmere, which presents as 

 charming a picture of wold scenery as heart can desire. Beautiful woods of Larch, 

 S|>ruce, and Beech, clothe the sides of the dales, intermixed at the base with Lilacs, 

 Laburnums, and other (lowering trees. In the early spring the ground is carjieted 

 with I'rimroses, Woodsorrel, .Sweet \'iolets, and Lilies of the \'alley, whilst later 

 <ii) the Wild .Strawljerry appears in profusion. .Stepping out of the train at Fimber 

 Station we arc landed at once on classic ground (at least it would have Ijeen classic 

 if any of the old Britons had written al)Out it) for one of their entrenchments runs 

 right under the station, whilst the hill ojiposite, Towthorpe Hill, has extensive 



