342 peesident's addbess. 



"/s«s liasica, fragments of a sclerobasic coral, are of interest, 

 because I can find no record of any siich coral having been found 

 in the Lias. It is of the tribe Isinse. I have noticed it in the 

 Ammonites capricornis and A. Jamiesoni zones at Huntcliff and 

 Eockcliff, and A. oxynotus zone, Eobin Hood's Bay. It is 

 common, and gives the appearance of a robust horny-based coral 

 branching dichotomously, and is inclined to be arborescent, and 

 must have been three or four feet in height. Sections of it 

 under the one inch objective show a coarse cellular structure at 

 the outer margin, this disappearing towards the centre where 

 parallel striae become apparent, resembling the strise in horn." 



These species are figured and described by Dr. Veitch in the 

 "Transactions of the Yorkshire Gleological and Polytechnic So- 

 ciety," Vol. IX. 



The Sixth and last Field Meeting of the year was held at 

 Seaton Delaval on Friday the 9th of October. About fifteen 

 members went by train from New Bridge Street to Seghill and 

 walked thence to the avenue leading to Seaton Delaval Hall. 

 On either side of this avenue, a mile and a quarter in length, is 

 a belt of trees which have now been long past their prime 

 and from their exposed situation have never been of any very 

 great height. At the top or western end of the avenue are two 

 high pillars resembling gate pillars, one on each side of the 

 avenue, but not apparently ever intended to carry gates, being 

 too wide apart and the road being a public highway. They 

 were no doubt erected for ornament, and are surmounted by 

 elaborate pediments. Time has been more sparing to these 

 works of art than has the ruthless wantonness of ignorant and 

 uncivilized people (whether boys or men) who apparently make 

 it an habitual pastime to throw stones into the deeply recessed 

 tympanums of the pediments above them. An accumulation of 

 stones taken off the highway was noticed lying in the tympa- 

 nums. By this senseless and mischievous amusement great part 

 of the finely-chiseled moulding of the cornices has been entirely 

 effaced, and the whole much injured. After some moments 

 spent in deploring the wanton destruction of these symmetrical 



