THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OP 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



December 17, 1862. 



Richard Richardson, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians 

 of Edinburgh, Rhayader, Radnorshire, and John Wickham Flower, 

 Esq., Park Hill, Croydon, were elected Fellows. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. On the Skiddaw Slate Series. By R. Harkxess, Esq., F.R.S., 

 F.G.S., Professor of Geology in Queen's College, Cork. With a 

 Note on the Graptolites, by J. W. Salter, Esq., F.G.S., A.L.S. 



Contents. 



1. Introduction. 



2. The Skiddaw Slates of the west side 



of Derwentwater, Bassenthwaite, 

 and Binsey Crag. 



3. The Skiddaw Slates east of Derwent- 



water and Bassenthwaite Lakes. 



4. Carrock- and Caldbeck-fells. 



5. The Skiddaw Slates of the eastern 



margin of the Lake-district. 



6. The Skiddaw Slates of Black Comb. 



7. Conclusion. 



§ 1. Introduction. 



The several memoirs by Professor Sedgwick on the older Palaeozoic 

 rocks of the north of England, published in the ' Transactions ' and 

 ' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society,' have indicated the 

 nature and the arrangement of the older Palaeozoic rocks as they 

 occur in the Lake-district. Among these rocks, and forming the 



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