PALAHOZOIC ROCKS BENEATH NORTHAMPTON. 495 
VI. TaspoLar SUMMARY oF THE BoRINGS. 
8 
3 
oD = 
Strata. Pa 5 ra) 
: Hi p 
: z| S 
8 A a ra 3 
B Ss) 3 ap g 
las} 5 o ne on 
rd) | bs hs ‘o) 
tts fits ft. ft: fits 
PORRPRESOU ACR. ac csidicseis ome sacien so % 26 A Nh le sa 10 
ACHES pana dels alls GOS a a Ee es |e ne 14 120 
Ha POM SUAS CLAY, wcccnsss scence nensess (balls odie we serene 153 
Middle Lias (rock-beds) ............... 20 20 21 | oo 656 
Lower-Lias clay .........ceccceresseeees 553 550 546 
VTi) JUNE) gee eee ciearis ee cae see (lity titers. Aes |RaN Braee 12} 
TRUEEUTIO. so acer SeO Cue n Eger See eee 7221 PRREREE ae it Ee Bony A ee 92 
UNAS | ced.060 0 gS SRC OC ae nee aoe eee 59S 
Sandstones, Marls, &e. ...........2.2-| eee 4 674 87 24. 
Wa nmMOSROUS GOlOMEE Mails osecds. 002. anced OPE eidece. 25 
Carboniferous limestone and shale 
(littoral at Gayton) .................. Pips; || eoon0s 203 
Lower Carboniferous limestones and 
ICMR es suited ccckes covsceetoal ASTM Mee ee i i bene it Dee! lla Breccia. 
Lower Carboniferous sandstones ... AO: Dm SEN WNT ok aN dd : 
Lower Carboniferous marls ......... TED UapeeeCn|)) WRaerrSling &. c208 Quartz- 
Coarse red sandstones, with grits 1 Piste 
AG MOMMIES GNP tests. snr scets asteveae see OS) Ue eer eres Sl ae wage rile wane. 74, 
Buri OG asta oackcctscascsuecenestses 994 650 851 967 7389 
Height of boring above sea-level...... 282 gil 278 U4 374 
‘| Lowest depth attained below sea- 
lene] ea eA ee nr 712 459 573 593 A415 
Depth of old land-surface below 
= aaa ally eee eee ee eee AA ied elas aaa BVT || ease a 341 
Discussion. 
The Presipent expressed his sense of the great value of this 
communication. 
Mr. Ernrrince spoke of the care and skill displayed by the 
author in following and preserving the results of these interesting 
borings. He believed the red beds at the bottom of the Gayton 
boring to belong to the Old Red Sandstone. He regarded the paper 
as throwing much light on the character of the great Palaozoic 
floor of central England. He had identified about twenty-five 
species of fossils from the Carboniferous rocks. 
Prof. Boyp Dawxrys expressed his thanks to the author of the 
paper for the facts described, though he could not accept the gene- 
21 2 
