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^ovhBhkc flatuvaltsts' mnion. 



presi&ent : 



CHARLES P. IIOBKIRK, F.L.S., Dewsljury. 



Ibon, Secretaries : 



WM. DENISOX ROEBUCK, E.L.S., Sunny Bank, Leeds. 

 Rev. E. p. KNURLEV, M.A.. Slaveley Rectory, Leeds. 

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



THE NINETY-SEVENTH MEETING 



WILL BE HELD AT 



FOR 



ROKEBY and the GRETA, 



THORSGILL, EGGLESTON ABBEY, etc. 



ON 



WHIT-MONDAY, 6th June, 1892. 



RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.— Through return llckcts at pleasure 

 party fares will be issued at all Yorkshire stations on the G. N., IL & P., L. & V., 

 L. & N. W., M. S. &L., Midland, and N. E. Railways, which have booking 

 arrangements for Barnard Castle, with liberty to break the return journey at Darling- 

 ton, to IVrembers and Associates of the Y.N.U. producing their signed card of 

 membei-ship. 



Members wishing to spend the week-end in the district may book on Friday or 

 Saturday with liberty to return on Monday night. 



Members and Associates starting from stations which have not through booking 

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

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



ROUTES. — The main parties will leave Barnard Castle Rly. Station at iia.m. 



T. — The geologists will be imder the leadership of Dr. \V. Y. Veitch, of 

 Middlesbrough, and Mr. W. F. Kealing Stock, F.C.S., of Darlington. 



IL— The general body of naturalists, under the guidance of Messrs. J. G. Brass 

 and George Best, and other members of the Darlington Society, will proceed to 

 Greta Bridge and devote themselves to investigating Rokeby Park and as much of the 

 Valley of the Greta as may be possible. 



All will return to Barnard Castle in time for the 3-35 p.m. train for Darlington, 

 Conveyances will be available for all who order accommodation, starting from Greta 

 Bridge at 2-45 p.m. Fare i/-. The Secretaries are not responsible for finding 

 conveyance accommodation except to written order, reaching Mr. Waite by Saturday 

 morning's post. 



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Permission for the investigation of their estates has been kindly granted by 

 rd Strathmore, of Streatlam Castle, Mrs. Morritt, and Mr. G. Gilpin Brown. 



BOOKS AND MAPS. 



-The whole of t]ie district for the day's investiga- 

 tion is comprised within Sheet 32 (103 S.W.) one-inch ordnance map (which may 

 J^e had coloured for both solid and superficial geology). The following local Guide 

 Books contain information on the Natural History of the district : — ' Darlington 

 ^Saturday Half-Holiday Gui(ie,' by J. Sang and others (i/-) ; 'Pleasant Memories of 

 Harlington and Neighbourhood,' by Jolm Bousfield ; ' Zic-zac Randjles,' by R. Taylor 

 Sanson, ^LR.C.S. ; and both editions of Baker's 'North Yorkshire.' Tlie features 

 ■^i the district are portrayed with characteristic fidelity in Scott's ' Rokeby.' 



