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feature in ihe scenery of Upper Swaledale, and wliich, again, form the light grey 

 scars circling (he higher part of I'enyghent, as well as of Ingleborough. 



In many respects the chief feature of geological interest around Barnard Castle 

 IS the stream of boulders that has been forced in the Ice sheet over the summit of 

 jStainmoor, and which extends hence south-eastward to the Vale of York and 

 beyond, where the same stream is joined by another, also including boulders of Shap 

 Oranite, which has travelled from the north side of the J>ake District (Edenside) by 

 way of Tynedale, and then southward. This last direction has been followed under 

 the influence of the Scandinavian ice. 



Writing on the Geology of the Greta \^alieyDr. W. Y. Veitch says:— The scars 

 at Rokeby Park are Main Limestone of tiie Voredale series of riiillips ; tlie same 

 bed is exposed at the junction of the Greta with the Tees, where it is 3S0 feet high; 

 It also occurs at the Abbey Bridge, Eggleston, where it is seen dipping northwards. 

 In the \'alley of the Greta the upper half of the series only is visible ; further up 

 the Greta at Brignall and Scarsgill there are flagstone quarries of the Middle 

 l^imestonc beds. It is in Teesdale that the Voredale rocks reach their highest 

 pomt in Great Britain. 



The watercourses about Rokeby are remarkable for their precipitous character, 

 the streams being 



'Condeinn'd to itiiiie a clmiiDeU'd way 

 O'er solid sheets of marble grey.' 



Thorsgiirs bank being arenaceous and gently sloping, Is an exception to the pro- 

 vadmg feature. The district is justly celebrated for varied scenery and wealth oi 

 ■woodland ; whilst nearing Bowes the finest moorland in England is approached, 

 extending over ' Stainmoor wild.' 



The fossils likely to be noticed in the rocks ■^xt\~Orthoceras, ProJiicta, Spirifera, 

 -leyebratida, Crinoids, and Corals. 



BOTANY.— :Mr. J. G. Brass writes : — In Brignal woods, or further up the 

 valley of the Tees, the following plants are Ui\xx\().:''-~Caltha paliistris \-ax. minor, 

 Jrolhits europ^rus, Helh-borus fa'tUus, Chelidoniiim majus, Ildian-iheunun caniini, 

 JJrosera rotiindifolia, AJalva moscJiata, Euouymns curopu j/s, Vicia sylvatica, Paris 

 'JKadrifoIia, Gcranitim htcidiuu, Adoxa nwsi-haldliua, I.aihxea sqiianiaria, Gagea. 

 ^^/^v?, Potcnlillafniticosa, d^ryas octopetaia, Agninouiaeiipatoria, Primula farinosa, 

 (-^aiiiana vcrna, d{osa spinosissima, Ciroca luietiana, Ivibes petncufit, Saxifraga 

 graniilata, I\xniassia paluslris, Sauicula europuia, Coniiim maculatiim, Tanacetum 

 ydg-are, jynda minor, Jfrnyanf/ies tiifoliata, Antirrhinum majus, dJnaria rym- 

 <'<daria, Adimu/us I ulcus, dHn^uicula vulg-aris, dris pseudacorus, djstcra ovata, etc 



The ' Darlington Saturday Half-Holiday Gu'idc ' gives a useful account of the 



hotany of the district. It appears that Campanula giomtrahi, Cardaminc amara, 



and dhyonia dioica occur on the banks of the Tees, ddris quadrifolia and dvanuntulus 



parviplorus have been found in the Greta A^alley, and ddraba incana at Bowes. Of 



rerns, Scolopendrium vulgare and Ophioglossnm vnlgatum are recorded. 



Dr. W. v. A eitch mentions the following speries as occurring in the Rokeby 

 district and in tlie Greta \^X\<iy.—ddanunculus Pui^ua, Galium Iw reap, Stellaria 

 nemon/7u. Astragalus g/yryp//yllus, Pubus saxatUis, Epilobiutn anguslifoliuni^ 

 ^outhus asper, Campanula laP/olia, CPntiana vcrna, dAithru-a squanuiiia, d.amium 

 galeobdolon, Planfago marilium, d^olygonum viviparum, and ddabenaria albida. 



_ ENTOMOLOGY.— Lepidoptera.—:\Ir. J. G. Brass, of Barnard Castle, 

 ^'ntes that the f(dlowing species may be expected, either as larvoe or imagines.* — 

 Pyocna alsus, Boml>yx fallinue, Saturn ia carpini, Notodonta camdina^ N. 

 ^^n-tuyides, N. zPzac, Apamca gcnPna, A. unasPmis, Kpmuia vinPnalis^ 'Agriopis 

 ^priliua, Idadcna adusta, dUusia iota, d\ v-aurcum^ d\ intcrrogatioms, Selenia 

 b-nnaria, Strcnia idathrala, Numcria pulveraria, Fidonm piniaria, Hybertiia 

 nipuapraria, II. P.ucopJucaria, H. aurantiaria. AiPsopteryx cescularia, Cheimatobia 

 ^'oreata, dM?cntia cesiata, Enimcl'sia affinitata, E. aJrhenullala, d'.. albidata, E. 

 dci'olorala, Eupithecia larPiata, E. cxiguata, d.obophora hexaptcrata, lliera vaiiaia, 

 ^b'psipidcs rub'crata, didcianthia hastata, Cidaria rctpulata, C, silaceata, C 

 P'^nnata, and many others. 





