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THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION 
AT HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE. 
NorwitHsTANDING the heavy rainfall of Friday, and the foreboding 
aspect of the following morning, a good number of members of the 
Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union attended the first excursion of the 
season, which took place on Saturday, May 14th; the place of 
meeting being Settle, for the investigation of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 
Ribblehead, Ling Gill, and Penyghent. Several enthusiastic 
members availed themselves of the railway facilities, and were upon 
the ground on Friday, and not a few lingered in the district until the 
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EXPLANATION oF Map.—The following formations are shown: 8 Permian ; 7 Coal Measures ; 
6 Millstone Grit; 5 Yoredale Beds, etc. (with Pendleside Limestone); 4 Carboniferous Lime- 
Stone; 3 Basement Carboniferous, and Upper Old Red; 2 Silurian, t Ordovician. 
following Monday. In consequence of the great distance of the 
Scene of operations from the centre of the county, arrangements had 
been made whereby the excursion could be worked by two contin- 
gents, a first to arrive about 8.30 am., and a second at noon. 
Three routes had been arranged. The first, planned for geological 
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June 1892, 
