﻿DRIFT- 
  BEDS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NORTH- 
  WEST 
  OF 
  ENGLAND- 
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  group 
  ; 
  but 
  for 
  a 
  full 
  discussion 
  of 
  this 
  point 
  I 
  must 
  wait 
  until 
  I 
  am 
  

   enabled 
  to 
  lay 
  further 
  evidence 
  before 
  you*. 
  

  

  Having 
  now 
  sketched, 
  though 
  imperfectly, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  

   elements 
  in 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  correct 
  conclusions 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  age 
  and 
  

   sequence 
  of 
  the 
  Lancashire 
  Drift, 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  enabled 
  next 
  to 
  approach 
  

   the 
  question 
  of 
  distribution 
  and 
  stratigraphy, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  investi- 
  

   gated 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  N.W. 
  of 
  England, 
  with 
  greater 
  freedom 
  

   than 
  I 
  otherwise 
  could 
  have 
  done. 
  As 
  yet, 
  however, 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  dealt 
  

   with 
  the 
  travelled 
  and 
  striated 
  blocks, 
  boulders, 
  and 
  pebbles, 
  which 
  

   will 
  fall 
  more 
  naturally 
  to 
  the 
  concluding 
  division 
  of 
  my 
  paper, 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  and 
  discussed. 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  speculations 
  on 
  the 
  physical 
  geography 
  and 
  causes 
  producing 
  the 
  climatic 
  

   conditions 
  prevailing 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  I 
  have 
  omitted 
  for 
  further 
  consideration 
  and, 
  

   if 
  necessary, 
  combination 
  with 
  facts 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  forward 
  in 
  my 
  concluding 
  paper. 
  

  

  [For 
  Discussion, 
  see 
  page 
  41.] 
  

  

  