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sea as long scars, whilst the more perishable shales are largely- 

 covered by the sand, to the level of which they have been 

 reduced by the erosive power of the waves. The most 

 important limestones are the " Oxford," the " Eelwell," the 

 "Acre" or "Six Yards," the "Four Fathoms" and the 

 "Great"; and the Beadnell coal outcrops near the village of 

 that name, among the beds immediately below the Eelwell 

 Limestone. The Great Limestone at Ebb's Snook is remark- 

 able on- account of its highly dolomitic character, containing 

 as it does 42 to 46 per cent of magnesium carbonate. On the 

 south side of Nacker Hole a basaltic dyke may be observed 

 cutting obliquely across the beds in a direction due west to east. 



"The coast around Beadnell Bay is fringed by sand dunes, 

 hence nothing of the solid geology is seen until Snook Point is 

 reached, where the Whinsill, associated with the Great 

 Limestone, forms the headland. Owing to repetition these 

 beds also form the point south of Football Hole." 



After tea, which was served at the comfortable hostelry of 

 Mrs. Cuthbert's Bamburgh Castle Arms, the harbour, piers, 

 and fish-packing and curing arrangements were visited, and 

 a walk along the sandhills to Monkshouse brought the day's 

 work to a close. 



Several members and friends spent the night at Seahouses, 

 and made an early start the following morning for the Fame 

 Islands. 



Farne Islands, September ioth, 191 i. 



A fine autumn morning, a smooth sea and a breeze from off 

 the land helped to make the voyage to the Fames a quick and 

 enjoyable one. The object of the outing was to procure birds 

 for the study of their insect parasites, but in addition collections 

 of Myriapods and other small fry were made, a full account 

 of which is appended. 



Quite apart from the object of the visit to this historic bird 

 station, the day was full of interest. It was late in the season 

 and the eider ducks, guillemots, razorbills, puffins and terns 



